Commodity and company Address Type of activity County 
Cement (portland and masonry): 
Martin-Marietta Cement 
Eastern Div.1 
Clays: 
Fire clay: 
Crescent Brick Co., Inc~ 
Plant Berkeley. 
 
 
Underground -- Hancock 
 
 
Do 
Pit Cabell. 
Pit Berkeley. 
 THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF WEST VIRGINIA 765  Lincoln. 
 
were various aggregates and roadbase stone. The production of dimension stone
and 
its total value remained the same as in 1971. The principal uses of dimension
stone were cut stone and curbing. 
 Of the total stone production, 54.6% was shipped by truck, 53.7% was shipped
by railroad, and the remainder was shipped by other means of transportation.

 
METALS 
 
 Aluminum.—The production of aluminum from alumina, at the Kaiser Aluminum
& compound Chemical Corp. smelter in Ravenswood, Jackson County, and
the total value of this production both decreased from 1971 production and
value. However, in September 1972, the company reactivated a potline that
had been idled during the latter part of 1971. This reactivation and other
plant changes are expected to increase the operating rate of capacity from
82% to 88%. Imported bauxite was processed into alumina at Baton Rouge and
Gramercy, La., and transported by rail to Ravenswood for smelting. 
 Ferroalloys.—The total production of all types of ferroalloys was
195,045 short tons in 1972. The total value of this production was S50,083,000.
These ferroalloys were produced by three companies. The Union Carbide Corp.
operated a plant near Alloy, Fayette County, where ferroalloys were produced
in electric furnaces. Foote Mineral Co., Inc., also used electric furnaces
to produce ferroalloys at their plant at Graham Station, Mason County. The
Chemetals Division, Diamond-Shamrock Corp. used electric furnaces in producing
ferromanganese 
at its plant near Kingwood, Preston County. Most mineral raw materials for
these plants were obtained from other States or were imported. 
 Magnesium Compounds.—American Specialty Metals Division, American
Metal Climax, Inc., produced anhydrous magnesium chloride at its plant near
Parkersburg, Wood County. 
 Nickcl.—Huntington Alloy Products Division, International Nickel Products
Co., Inc., produced nickel and various types of highnickel alloys at its
plant at Huntington, Cabell and Wayne Counties. The principal products included
nickel and high-nickel alloys in mill form such as strip, sheet, plate, tube,
and wire rod, and bar and welding products, such as nickel and high-nickel
bare welding filler wire, coated electrodes, and welding fluxes. 
 Zinc—The zinc smelter at Meadowbrook, Harrison County, resumed operations
in March 1972 after the plant was acquired by new owners, Meadowbrook Corp.
Initial production was zinc dust but other plant products are zinc alloys,
zinc oxides, and other zinc products. This plant uses zinc drosses, zinc
ashes, and various zinc residues as raw materials. 
 Zirconium and Hafnium—Amax Specialty Metals, Inc., produced zirconium
sponge metal from zircon sands at its plant near Parkersburg, Wood County.
Hafnium sponge metal was also produced at this plant. Corhart Refractories
Inc. made zircon bricks at its plant near Buckhannon, Upshur County. Union
Carbide Corp. produced zirconium metal powder and zirconium alloys at its
plant at Alloy, Fayette County. 
 
 
Table 9.—Principal producers 
 
 
 Globe Refractories, Inc_ 
 
Common clay and shale: 
Barboursville Clay 
Manufacturing Co. 
Continental Clay 
Products Co. 
 
Sanders Dummy Co 
See footnotes at end of table. 
Box 5618 
Baltimore, Md. 21210 
 
 
Box 868 
New Cumberland, W. Ve. 26047 
Box D 
Newell, W. Ve. 26050 
 
Box 1048 
Charleston, W. Va. 25924 
931 Investment Bldg. 
1511 K St., N.W. 
Washington, D.C. 20005 
Midkiff, W. Va. 25540 Pit