of the Iron and Steel Industrial Corporation
(ISCOR), a state corporation
created by the government in 1928, rose to 866,107 metric tons in 1945. 73
Gold-mining remained the greatest South African industry. In 1946, it
employed 370,959 people (42,624 Whites and 328,335 Blacks) and sold
£102 million worth of gold. But whereas the gold-mining industry entered
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