This volume provides a survey of the world's iron-ore resources during the 1960s and the distribution of the iron and steel industries. There are specific chapters on the UK , Western Europe, the USSR, the USA and smaller sections on Africa, Latin America and South East Asia. Particular attention is paid to the political aspects of the steel industry, for example in Post-War Germany.

Norman J.G. Pounds

Foreword to Second Edition; Foreword to First Edition; Chapter 1 The Art and Science of Iron-Working; Chapter 2 The Ores of Iron; Chapter 3 The Modern Iron and Steel Works; Chapter 4 United Kingdom; Chapter 5 The Iron and Steel Industries of Western Europe; Chapter 6 The Iron and Steel Industry of the United States and Canada; Chapter 7 The Iron and Steel Industry of the Soviet Sphere; Chapter 8 The Underdeveloped Countries;