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Proposed Commonwealth sterling and aluminium smelter on Gold Coast (later Ghana)
Catalogue reference: AVIA 55/142
What’s it about?
This record is about the Proposed Commonwealth sterling and aluminium smelter on Gold Coast (later Ghana) dating from 1952 - 1953 in the series Ministry of Supply: Production, Registered Files (Series 8). It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- AVIA 55/142
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1952 - 1953
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Description (What the record is about)
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Proposed Commonwealth sterling and aluminium smelter on Gold Coast (later Ghana)
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- 8/L.MET/436 Pt 3
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Africa
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C489198/
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Series information
AVIA 55
Ministry of Supply: Production, Registered Files (Series 8)
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Within the series: AVIA 55
Ministry of Supply: Production, Registered Files (Series 8)
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Proposed Commonwealth sterling and aluminium smelter on Gold Coast (later Ghana)
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