Company: Alumina Aluminum
Japan Light Metals Co Shimizu, Shizuoka Pref. Kainbara, Shizuoka Pref.
 (120,000).  (27,000 to 36,000).
  Niigata, Niigata Pref.
   (18,000 to 27,000).
Japan Electrochemical Koyasu, Nagano PreL - Omachi, Nagano Pref.
 Industry Co. (20,000).
Japan Aluminium Co - Takao, Taiwan (20,000). Takao, Taiwan (10,000).
   Karenko, Taiwan (2,000
 to 6,000).
Manchuria Light Met- Fushun, Man c hun a Fu s h u n, Man c h u r i a
  als Mfg. Co.  (25,000 to 45,000).  (12,000).
   Antung, Manchuria
    (9,000).
 Sumitomo Aluminium Niihama, Shikoku Is- Kaneko-Mura, Xiigun,
  Reduction Co.  land, Ehime Pref.  Shikoku Island; Ehime
   (18,000).  Pref. (9,000).
 Japan Soda Co Takaoka, Toyama PreL Takaoka, Toyama Pref.
    (16,000 to 20,000).
Korea Nitrogen Ferti- Konan, Chosen Konan, Chosen (6,000). lizer Co.
Japan-Manchuria Co~
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MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1941

 Italy.—According to Giornale d'Italia, the Italian production of aluminum
would reach 50,000 metric tons in 1941, 60,000 in 1942, and 100,000 by 1943
and 1944. Production in 1941, by plants, is estimated as follows: Porto Marghera
(Venice), 20,000 tons; Boizano, 15,000 tons; Mori, 10,000 tons; and Borgofranco,
5,000 tons. In May
1941 Trafflerie e Pimterie di Cogoleto was authorized to enlarge its Cogoleto
fabricating plant. Società Edison (Milan), a power company, received
permission to build a reduction plant with an annual capacity of 10,000 tons.
Although the aluminum industry is still expanding, the shortage of electric
power has caused great difficulties, and Italy exports some of its alumina-
to Germany in payment for necessary machinery.
 Japan.—Few official data on the Japanese aluminum industry have been
available since 1937. The conquest of Malaya and the fall of Singapore made
available to Japan large reserves of high-grade bauxite on Bintan Island
and in Johore, and Japanese industrial concernsT are reported to have started
immediate development of the deposits. The Aluminium Co. of the South Seas
is reported working bauxite deposits on Palao Island, where reserves are
reputed to total 10,000,000 tons. Early in 1941 the Japanese Ministry of
Industry placed Yen 30,000,000 at the disposal of the aluminum industry for
developing bauxite deposits in Northern China and Indochina and on Panope
Island. Expansion of the Japanese aluminum industry was urged by the Government
in 1937, and by the end of 1941 Japan is believed to have had aluminum-producing
facilities totaling about 140,000 to 150,000 metric tons. Aluminum production
in 1941 is estimated at 90,000 tons, but some observers place output as high
as 150,000 tons. In 1941 the aluminum industry was consolidated further by
the Government. The Toyo Aluminium Co., belonging to the Mitsui group, was
amalgamated with the Sei-Sen Chemical Co., a subsidiary of the Japan Soda
Co.
 Following is a list of the principal Japanese aluminum companies, with some
o~ their plant locations and annual capacities (in metric tons):
Iwase, Toyama PreL - - Koriyarna, F ukushima
 Pref. (5,000).
Toyo (Oriental) Alu- Omuto, Kyushu Island, Takaoka, Toyarna Pref.
 nimium Co. Fukuoka Pref. (6,000).
Another alumina plant is said to be located at Kurosaki, Kyushu Island.