[ROVERNET - UK] Re: Rover & Shanghai

[Eric Russell]

I am not an expert on that but there is a ready market
at high prices for scrap steel here in Vancouver.  One
of the scrap dealers told me that the scrap Rovers he
was taking for the Club was to be crushed and sent to
China.  That may have given the Shanghai folks an idea
 :-(

Eric

--- Robin Beach <robinbeachuk at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Eric,
> If we leave aside Rover, I believe that the largest
> volume U.K. owned vehicle producer is LTI, the taxi
> maker, after them TVR. Not exactly world players!!!
> At
> the end of the day though it's jobs that count, and
> there are thousands in my native West Midlands
> dependant upon Longbridge, Solihull, and the Jaguar
> plants. Browns Lane looks doomed, when will Castle
> Bromwich close?
> 
> To your other point Eric, Does China have no iron
> reserves?
> 
> 
> --- Eric Russell <p6rovers at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > Robin,
> > I was thinking that due to their need to import
> > scrap
> > metal and materials to make new steel, they might
> > figure a way to keep some production outside China
> > and
> > lessen the expenses of moving raw materials to
> > mainland China.
> > Still, ..... there will be one less British car
> > company around, soon.  How many truly British car
> > companies exist now?
> > 
> > Eric
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --- Robin Beach <robinbeachuk at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > Chover perhaps? or what about Shanger?
> > > --- Eric Russell <p6rovers at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Peter,
> > > > I have a link on our website.
> > > > 
> > > > www.roverclub.ca
> > > > 
> > > > Further research turned up an inside source,
> not
> > > > named, saying that the Chinese intention is to
> > > > wholly
> > > > own Rover - and some people were worried about
> > > Honda
> > > > and calling some new Rovers "Rhondas".  What's
> > the
> > > > new
> > > > epithet?
> > > > 
> > > > Eric
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > --- Peter Huttemeier <peterhut at melbpc.org.au>
> > > wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 01:47:57 -0500, you
> wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > >Today(Friday 11-26) there was a front page
> > > > article
> > > > > about the Chinese
> > > > > 
> > > > > Is there a link to this on the web James?
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > 
> > > > > Peter H
> > > > > 
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