§ 21. Mrs. Middletonasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will state the result of the inquiries which have been made by his Department into the suitability of the Statex K method of making carbon black; how far this process can be economically operated from the available resources of methane gas in this country; and what would be the cost attaching to the use of the process as regards plant, licence, patents, etc.
§ Mr. H. WilsonStatex K is one of the several proprietary brands of carbon black produced in the United States from natural gas. I am advised that methane gas is not available in the United Kingdom in quantities sufficient to operate the minimum unit of plant for the production of carbon black on a commercial scale.