TRANSITIONS IN RAW MATERIALS FOR IRON MANUFACTURING AFTER WAR IN JAPAN

Abstract

This article gives an outline of the transitions in the raw materials for the manufacture of iron from the end of the war. It explains how the international situation has caused the changes in the raw materials used in iron making because of the dependence of Japanese iron and steel industry on the raw materials from abroad. It analyses and discusses, from the angle of raw materials, Japanese iron and steel industry which has been rehabilitated rapidly after the war, and records the results of various researches and improvements. The article concludes with writer's view on the measures to be taken in the future for the solution of the question of raw materials for iron making in Japan.