MANGANESE AND IRON MINES IN RUMANIA

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• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 7, 2005
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• Publication Date: October 6, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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General. The manganese and iron nines in Rumania are exploited through
enterprises working under the supervision of the Department for Manga-
nese and Iron Ore in the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum.
Organization of the-Department for Manganese and Iron Ore.
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General Manager,
Assistant Managers:
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Exploitation Sections:
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Manganese and Iron Mines?
Manganese0 The following mines
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1. Arsita at Iacobenio
2. Terezea at Vatra Dornei0
3. k osu at Vatra Ito rnei o
4.. Fundul Moldovei near Iacob %
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5. Bo nba at Cosna near Vatra Aornei,
6. Unknown name, near Argestru,
The ore contains 32 per cent manganese.
B. . The following mines arse known
1. Mines belanginj, to Resits (now a part of 8ovroa metal).
a. Oravitao,
b. Resita.
a. Caransebes,
The ore contains 22-25 per cent iron.
2. Mines at Hunedoara:
These mines supply three furnace, at the same place wits! iron ore..
One of thew furnaces has bean built as recently as 19509
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The ore entaf.ns 30 per cent iran
Produ ti~on af-Manxaneee s n erals it Deetination.
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raqganerje. Before the war thu annual production of manganese amounted
to 20,C00 tons. In 1949 and 1950 this had declined to 118000 tons, of
which 3NCJ0 tons were sent to the Resita factory for its steel production
and 8,C(O tons were exported to Poland; The decline in production was
blamed can:
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St se Produ tin. Rumania produces very 3...ttle steel. Steel
`nom U.S.S.R. and Polani (inferin,?).: I
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DWO& nom Eastern rmany In e.c ango for petroleum have also been
planned, but the U.S.SOR. has objector. to this,,
VI. Other mines,
A. Coppe r. Copper mines exist in. Baia Mare, but their output is small and
is supplemented by copper from U.S.S.R. In 1950 a large furnace was con-
6tructed at the Nitrogen facto y at Dicio=San-Martin, and since then this
factory has produced electrolytic coppec.
a. Zinc is imported from Poland, esp3ciaL'ty from Kattowitz and Dabrovao
C. Baxte. Recently the exploitation of Iauxite has begun in the Bihor
district,, Only a very email quantity of the mineral has been found there,
but it is being mined nevertheless, at r;reat expense. The necessary (sic
aluminum is imported from U.S.S.R.
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