ORE AND METAL PRODUCTION/COAL MINED AND POWER PRODUCTION JAN-JUN 53/MINING ACTIVITIES

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• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 26, 2013
• Sequence Number: 192
• Publication Date: October 20, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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ULL 1901
COUNTRY Yugoslavia
SUEIJECT
U.S. Officials Only
CONFIIENTIAL
SECIM I rY UFORMATION
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
Ore and Metal Production/Coal Mined and Power Production
jen - Jun 53 Mining Activities
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"Ore and Metal Produ:rden
Coal Mined and Power Production*
1952 Jan-Jun 53
__S12 months i6 months)
Lead-zinc ore 1,203,7 4- 679,900
Copper ore 1,264,998 648,174
Antimony ore YL,594 33,059
Bauxite 577,196 231,162
Chromite 107,222 65,041
Manganese ore 12,687 6,320
Pyrite ore 20,732 1,849
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Pyrite concentrate 2.61.32.7 1141"6
Iron ore 676,010 34 3, 3
Pig iron 273,000 133,048
1.543_
Steel 445,qpo 232
67,180 37,31+2
1I#,163 7,501
32,819 15,100
21,390 12,160
1,329 825
504 245
2,563 1,623
99 51
80 48
yeFFQ alloye -77-9 4 6,17
12,09 ,000 5705,000
1,011,000 502,000
6,842.000 3,100,000
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2,700,000 1, 77, 3
1,423,000 820,252
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Refined lead
Crude zinc
Blister copper
Electrolytic copper
Antimony
Mercury
Aluminium
Bismuth
Silver
Coal Total
Bituminous coal
Brown coal
Lir.nito
Power production total
Hydroelectric
Caloric power
RgiirgaTte c e
*Figures in metric tons or
kwh respectively
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2. "The ore, metal and power production for he first half of 1953 as compared
with 1952 was considerably higher. The coal production has decreased.
3. "Lead-zinc ore and metal production have increased considerably. Lead, zinc
and zinc concentrates are very important export items, home consumption
of lead being only approximately eight thousand tona and of zinc approximately
ten thousand tons per year.
4. "Production of electrolytic copper shows a big increase, nearly all blister
being refined now. Home consumption of .zoyTer is going to be consumed by
the new factories, which are now under oonstrnrtion the rolling plant
at Sevojno near Uzice. (capaci-ry 17 thousand tons) and the cable factory
Svetozarevc (capacity 15 thoueari Tome), 1-..c.th in Serbia.
5. "The antimony production. is increasing; to the near future the production
should rise to tw: thousand tcna per year and more. Rome consumption is
iban 4C0 ton" Der vear, the rest is being exptr.ted
G. "Chromite production Is rising, Yug,211tzlia is be biggest producer in Europe.
Over 80% of it has been exported up now 11-ugust 195.g, but from 1954 on
the home consumption is going to he much higher. The new factory ?Megnoehrom,
at Rankcvicevo, Serbia (for refractory materials) has started operations
and the new chromecembinnte;near Skoplis, Macedonia, is under conatruciion.
7. "Manganese ore deposits are small, tut in the lead-zinc mines Trepca and
Zletovo,rhodoehrosite is found. Procesnon for ecoacmioal extraction of
manganese et ZWIC611 (Tropes) from flotation tailings and from the copper
are being developed.
8. "Pyrite concentrates are mostly from the lead-zine flotation *A Bor, Serbia.
Pyrite ore in 1ump2 comes from Majdanpek, Serbia, but the production is
declining as this mine id being reconstructed for a 1.1.4A production of
copper4earing pyrites. The determined ore reser:vee are approximately
100 million tons containing 0.9% topper and 0.6g/i rec.:Nerable gold.
9. "Mercury protion at Id.ria, Sleicoria, 15 kept at the 500 ton per year level.
This mine has produced from the year 1500 to 1951 (incl.usive), 93,767 tons
of mercury.
10. "Magnesite production was 69,915 tone in 1951 and is again steadily rising.
The newly found deposit (several million tons) at Bela Steno, near Basks (Serbia)
is starting exploitation g6 Aug 5f."
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