USSR STRESSES ECONOMY IN METAL CONSUMPTION; REPUBLICS REPORT SCRAP COLLECTION PROGRESS

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• Publication Date: September 12, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY USSR
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORTI
INFORMATION FROM
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SUBJECT Economic _ Metallurgical industry; scrap metal
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Daily, thrice-weekly newspapers
USSR
28 Mar -- 15 Jun 1951
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USSR STRESSES ECONOMY IN METAL CONSUMPTION;,
REPUBLICS REPOF.T SCRAP COLLECTION PROGRESS
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The demand for metal is constantly growing and it is necessary, therefore,
not only to increase production of metals, but also to achieve a maximum economy
in the consumption of metals. This is one of the most important economic tasks.
Every enterprise can reduce consumption of ferrous and nonferrous metals and
every possible means must be used to conserve every type of metal.
It is necessary to organize a regular supply of metal to the shops in
strict accordance with technics- specifications, to regulate the storing and
consumption of pig iron, steel, bronze, aluminum, and semifinished metal prod-
ucts, and to eliminate completely the unproductive use o- metal.
In addition to these organizational measures, enterprises must fully uti-
lize all technical and technological possibilities. Many plants have already
done this, but there are still many which have neglected this important aspect
of metal economy. For example, the Plant of Low-Power Automobiles in Moscow
received a suggestion in 1948 to replace cast-bronze sleeves for connecting
rods, swivel pins, and other parts by stamped strip sleeves, According to ex-
periments, this would save 15,000 kilograms of.bronze a year. However, this
valuable suggestion has not yet been put into practice.
A matter of great importance is the prevention of corrosion. About 30 per"
cent of the entire amount of metals and alloys smelted each year, that is, many
millions of tons are lost through corrosion. Soviet scientists have developed
effective measures to prevent corrosion. However, many enterprises fail to give
attention to this important matter,
For example, the "Veftegaz" (Petroleum Gas) Plant has many metal structures
pairs nec~ssaly, and causes breakdowns long before the normal service period has
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MOSCOW, LENINGRAD PLANTS SAVE METAL Ashkhabad, Turkmenskaya Iskra, 8 Jun 51
Moscow nterprises are successfully handling the collection and snipmenL
of scrap metal, as well as competing in the economy drive to save metal, mate-
rials, and funds to be used for the large construction projects. The ftundry
shop of the Moscow Plant of Low-Power Automobiles has already saved nonferrous
metal worth 34,000 rubles.
Many Leningrad enterprises are participating in the drive to save money
and materials for the great construction projects. The Railroad.-Car.-Building
Plant imeni Yegorov has requested the government to reduce its supply of mate-
rials needed for production; the plant has already saved materials worth
300,000 rubles and has pledged to save 500,000 rubles' worth by the end of the
year.
LENINGRAD PLANTS CONTINUE SCRAP DRIVE Moscow, Trud, 15 Jun 51
Leningrad enterprises are continuing to collect scrap metal. The Railroad-
Car-Building Plant imeni Yegorov has installed special trays and screens for its
During the past
scrap ironto atal waste.
4 enterprises,
machine tools, which make it 5stonse to
4 months, the plant shipped 750
which was considerably more than planned. The Railroad-Car.-Building Plant imeni
L. M. Eaganovich shipped 740 tons of scrap in one month, as compared with 637
tons provided by plan.
RR TRANSPORT SCRAP COLLECTION LAGS a_ Moscow, Gudok, 28 'Aar 51
An important factor in raising the production of the metallurgical industry
tonscofporetand 20tonsoofoc kinglcoal. from
scrapemetalemeans andsaprocingesofsi2n of
Railroad transport, a large consumer of metal, is lagging in the collection
of scrap metal from its enterprises. The railroads as a whole completed only
76 percent of the first-quarter plan for collection and shipment of scrap metal.
LENINGRAD OBLAST LAGGING Leningradskaya Pravda, 14 Jun 51
There are large reserves of scrap metal in Leningrad Oblast. However, the
oblast has been lagging in the collection and delivery of scrap. During the 1951
first quarter, not one scrap-procuring organization completed its plan. The work
improved slightly in the second quarter, but after 5 months the plan still had
not been met. The oblast office of "Glavutil'sr'Ye" hasobeeneespeciallyaslow
in procuring scrap metal; it completed only 59.2 P
plan for ferrous scrap metal, and 19.8 percent of the plan for nonferrous scrap
metal. In Vinnitskiy Rayon, not singledton of ferrous or nonferrous scrap
metal was procured during a 5 --month period.
ESTONIAN RR WORKERS EXCEED PLEDGES -- Tallin, Sovetskaya Estoniya, 16 May 51
The Estonian Railroad System has completed a one-month campaign for scrap-
metal collection. The railroad workers exceeded their pledges and collected
1,120 tons of scrap in April, instead of 600 tons as planned,
The Pyarnu Railroad Division exceeded the 6-month plan for scrap.-metal col-
lection and delivery by 77 tons. A number of enterprises of the Tartu and Tallin
tons thei- plans in
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of scrap instead of 60etonsgasrplanned.workers
and s shipped exceeded
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LITHUANIAN SHIP REPAIR PLANT DELIVERS SCRAP METAL Vil:nyus, Sovetskaya Litva,
24 May 51
The Klaypeda Ship Repair Plant has organized the collection and shippment
the beginning of the year, the pl
of scrap metal. Since ant has shipped
than during the same period of 1950.
60 tons of scrap, or 5 tons more
Moscow,
IND,JSTFY STEPS UP SCRAP COLLECTION Trud, 15 Jun 51
Industrial enterprises of Baranovichi, B lorus6dan Wo keprocured twice as
h scrap metal in April and as
collection drive. They have already shipped
cooperatives joined in the s sc craap
more than 1,500 tons of scrap during this year.
MOLDAVIAN SCRAP DRIVE BADLY ORGANIZED Kishinev, Sovetskaya Moldaviya, 16 May 51
The Tiraspol' interrayon office of "Glavutil'syr'ye" handles scrap-metal
collection in a number of rayons The office has 26 coliectorr, an adequaterap
number of trucks, and several processing centers. However, the plans
collection are not being met. During the first quarter, 221 tons of ferrous
metal scrap were collected, instead of 300 tons according to plan, and 10 tons
of nonferrous metal, instead of 22 as planned, Scral. collection is not organized.
ARMENIAN SSR EXCEEDS MAY PLAN. RAILROADS TAKE ACTIVE PART ?--? Yerevan, Kommunist,
2 Jun 51
Industrial enterprises of the Armenian oSSReareucontinuingtthexcollectiond.
of metal scrap. The May plan for delivery of
About 250 tons of metal above plan have been processed.
Yerevan, Kommunist, 31 May 51
ises of the Yerevan Division of the Transca
Various stations and enterpr collection and delivery el
casus Railroad System have been active indthevered148 tons ofscrap, the mYere-
scrap. The Leninakan Railroad Car Depot
van Track Maintenance Section 124 tons, and the Kirovakar, 13th Track Maintenance
6 tons of ferrous
Section 112 tons. Workers of railroad enterprises delivered 656
and nonferrous metal scrap.
Enterprises of the Ministry of Food Industry Armenian SSR have considerably
improved scrap collection in 1951.. The year plan was fulfilled ahead of schedule
by most of the food industry 9npercent for ferrous metal and 151.5 percent forhe
year plan as of 24 May
nonferrous metal-
Very in scrap col
Very few sovkhozes of the republic are taking an active pa-
lection, although large quantities of scrap metal are found in sovkhoz areas.
KAZAKH TRANSPORT WORKERS HELP IN SCRAP DRIVE Alma-Ata, Kazakhstanskaya Pravda,
30 May 51
Enterprises of Kokchetav Oblast are successfully carrying through the collec-
tion of scrap metal. The locomotive depot of Kurort-Borovoye has shipped riore
than 700 tons of metal shavings and sheet-iron scrap since the beginning of the
h on have 150- railroad Locomotiveaworkerstof Tainchatand workeeacofctheeKok-
chetav 0 quantities of metal to metallurgical
chetav Machinery Plant have delivered large qplants.
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NEW MACHINE SPEEDS UP SCRAP PROCESSING -- Moscow, Trud, 23 May 51
Engineers of the Kol'chugino Plant imeni Ordzhonikidze have designed a
new sorting machine which extracts particles of nonferrous and ferrous metal
from slag and rubbish, and sorts the metal accorcui.ng to chemical composition
and type of alloy. The productivity of this machine is 1,000 kilograms of
an shippede70 onstofnmetalscrap. metal,
met
pris very ocesseda d
aandadul perioa plant
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