National Steel Corp., fifth biggest U.S. producer, last week announced plans for a big plant on the Delaware River near Camden, N.J. to add 1,000,000 tons, or 22%, to its capacity. When the new plant and other expansion plans are completed, said National's Board Chairman Ernest T. Weir, the company will turn out 6,500,000 tons of steel a year. For the Camden mill, ore will be brought up the Delaware from the new Quebec-Labrador fields (TIME, Oct. 18, 1948) National is helping to develop.
Weir's new plant will be only 35 miles downriver from the new 1,800,000-ton...
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