RAW MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE RESITA STEEL COMBINE

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 12, 2008
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: January 31, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This material contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States within the mean-
ing of the Espionage Laws, Title 18, U.S.C. Seca. 793
and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in
any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law.
SECRET/U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY
COUNTRY Rumania
SUBJECT Raw Material Requirements of the
Resita Stcol, Combine
REPORT
DATE DISTR. 31 January 1955
NO. OF PAGES I
25X1
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
REFERENCES
This is UNEVALUATED
Information
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT 13 TENTATIVE,
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
Raw material requirements of the Resita Steel Combine (Sovrommetal) are as
follows:
a. Iron ores Iron ore is supplied by the Delinesti and Ocna de Fier mines
located in close proximity to the Resita plant, As Rumanian ore pro.
duotion is below 200,000 tons, the additional requirements of the plant
are supplied by the USSR and are shipped up the Danube River by way of
Orsova,
b. Manganese: As the country's manganese production does not fulfill the
requirements of Resita, the remainder is furnished by the USSR,
a. Scrap irons Scrap iron is imported generally from Bulgaria, Poland,
USSR
de Nickel and molybdenums Import from the USSR*
as Cokes Resita has two batteries with 40 ovens. The country's coke pro-
duction is about 360,000 tons, while the Five Year Plan provides for
700,000 tons. Additional coke requirements are supplied by the USSR and
Poland,
f 1 Coal: The coal neodod by Resita for industrial. use is supplied by the
Anina, Doman, Lupac, Sacu and Fetrosani mincs,
g. Oils Oil is used to heat the tempering overs and comes from Ploesti,
h., Machinery: The machinery used for iron and steel processing is also
imported from the USSR, Hungary and Czechoslovakia. As provided for in
the Five Year Plan, a new machine plant has already been constructed in
Arad and another is under construction.-
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