asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he has up-to-date information on the new process, recently adopted in the United States of America, for smelting an iron ore of a grade equivalent to the deposits of this mineral in Arigna and the adjoining areas, and, if so, if he will give details of the process.

I have no information about the process referred to. If, however, the Deputy is in a position to furnish me with the name of the process, I will have inquiries made with a view to evaluating its potentialities in relation to our iron ore deposits.