如果对于过去二十一年中英国冶锌工业之进步有所评价,必须先明瞭1930年时英国冶锌工业之一般情况。自从第一次世界大战结束直至1930年,英国已有九个炼锌工厂,所产锌锭仅为全国所需锌量之三分之一,其余均仰给于海外输入,就是这九个炼锌厂也年赖政府补助,1930年时,英国政府将此种补助金撤消,大多数工厂因此倒闭。硕果仅存的只有英国冶炼公司在亚荷茅斯(Auonmouth)和斯瓦西(Swansea),所经营之两厂及硫化矿冶炼公司在西顿开诺(Seaton Carew),所经营之炼锌厂。这种严重倒闭的情况,主要的是由于不能及时使 If you have commented on the progress of the British smelting industry in the past 21 years, you must first understand the general situation of the British smelter industry in 1930. Since the end of World War I until 1930, there have been nine zinc smelters in the United Kingdom, producing only one third of the zinc needed in the country. The rest were imported from overseas, Zinc plant also rely on government subsidies in 1930, the British government to withdraw such subsidies, the closure of most factories. The only ones remaining were the smelters run by the two smelters owned by the British smelters in Auonmouth and Swansea and the sulfide ore smelting company in Seaton Carew. The main reason for such a serious bankruptcy is that it can not be done in time