Talk:Long Meg Mine

The 1 millionth tonne - The year of this is reported elsewhere as being 1961. The reference I give however was published in 1960 and refers to the event happening in 1959. Does anyone know if this is a mistake? -- Steventee 22:56, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

A number of points:
 * The metric tonne was not used in the British minerals processing industries before 1970: the unit in use was the Imperial ton, which was equal to 1.016047 tonnes. The sources in question say "tons", so why say "tonnes"?


 * The United Sulfuric Acid Corporation plant at Widnes, which took most of the Long Meg output between 1954 and 1972, used its millionth ton (not tonne) of anhydrite in September 1959, and presumably received it some time earlier. The date in question clearly refers to that customer only, and not the entire product of the mine.


 * It is incorrect to say that the current owner of the mine is unknown, because I know it. I believe the owner also knows it.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.140.241.95 (talk) 14:52, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

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