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<br />Buyers see upward price spiral, shortage of low-sutfur coa1. ,,.. -
<br />Export controls on copper exten��d through Augu�t ... �
<br />New contract averts s#rike at Sprague Ete�ric ...
<br />Air-paIlation conirols may cause apward price spfiral for lon-salfu� ccyal, a���� �
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<br />to bulletin of N�donal Association of Purchasing Agents. Report • says there �'
<br />insufficient production of this type �f coal to meet such Zn expanded t1£mand ��
<br />Associatian report says: "Fortunately, it's beginning to appear that some govem-
<br />mental bodies recognize that the available supplies of iow sulfur coals aze not
<br />adequate to fully combat the air-pollution problem and that sulfur removal con-
<br />cepts must be explored." -
<br />Consolidated Ediso� c�ntracts for 4-million tons of low-sulf� coal a year from
<br />t�uee suppliers. Fuel with 1% or less of sulfur content is being purchased at rate
<br />of 1.5-million to�s a year from Maust Coa1 & Coke for 15 yeais; 1-million tons a
<br />year for five years from Pittston-Clinchfield Coal Sales; 1.5-millian tons a yeaz fur
<br />12 years from United Eastem Sales. Two contract,� are retroactive to April, and .
<br />the third begins next April 1. Low-sulfur coal costs about $1.SQ a ton more than
<br />that with a higher sulfur content and adds $7.5-million annually to Con Edison's
<br />fuel costs, meeting New York C:ty air-pollution control provisions that become
<br />effective M;ay, 1971.
<br />US ezport controls on copper and related prodncts are egtended throngh Angmst
<br />31, Commerce Department announces. "Still unsettled supply-demand situation"
<br />is blamed.
<br />Ohio Brass Co purch�ses assets of Pioneer Electric Corp, Oak $ill, W.ya., maker
<br />of rectifiers and load centers for the mining industry, for an undisclosed amouut
<br />of cash ... I-T-E Circuit Breaker acquires all outsta�nding common stock of 3ull �
<br />Dog Electric Co, Los Angeles, Calif., which it will operate as a wholly-owned
<br />subsidiary under its existing management ... Research-Cottrell acquires for cash
<br />from Hamon, S. A., Brussels, Belgium, its US subsidiary, Hamon, Inc., Chicago,
<br />and becomes exclusive licensee for the Belgian firm in the US. Hamon 2s 4ne of the
<br />world's leading suppliers of cooling towers.
<br />westingh�use increases prices on high-voltage power capacitors, 2404 v and
<br />higher, effective June 1. New pricys net for paper as�erel type FP are: 25 and
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<br />50 kvac, $95; 100 kvac, $155; DV low-loss, 100 kvac, $170; 150 kvac, $255 �e�
<br />Strike is averted at �pragu;: Electric when six months ;,f nego�iating ends in
<br />contract between company and Loca1200, International Union of F1e�trical Work
<br />ers, representing 2,700 e�ployees. Package calls for a roximatel 15% inerease
<br />over a three-year period, as well as improyed fri�ge b nefits. Union voted June 16 ..
<br />to accept contract and sigBed June ly, ending threat af strike set for June l�.
<br />Kunsas G�E ord�rs 400-Mw tarbine.generator from �yestinghonse %r. a�ulti
<br />million dollar plant expecteci to be in service in 1973. Studies are underway to
<br />determine planYs location and whether the unit will be fueled by nahual gas, coal,
<br />or nuclear energy.
<br />Kentncky Utilities plaa�s a $52.5-millio
<br />n, 420-Mw generating nnit at its '�. �•
<br />Brown plant on Henington �ake, neaz Danv�le. It issues lettez of �nt�`r'td Westr �
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<br />inghouse for turbine-generator and has selected Combustion Engineering to sugply
<br />coa2-fired boiler. Commercial operation is set for Maq 1, 1971. ; .
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