USSR STEPS UP CAMPAIGN FOR SCRAP-METAL RECOVERY

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• Publication Date: July 3, 1951
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USSR STEPS UP CAMPAIGN
FOR SCRAP-METAL RECOVERY
STRESS IMPORTANCE OF SCRAP METAL -- Vil'nyus, Sovetskaya Litva, 31 Mar 51
Scrap metal is a valuable source of raw material for the metallurgical industry.
For example, if 3.5 tons of iron ore are needed for producing one ton of pig iron,
the amount of raw material' required is reduced to one ton when smelting pig iron
out of scrap metal. One ton of metal scrap is sufficient to produce 950 kilograms
of steel.
In producing one ton of aluminum from scrap, the amount of electric power
required is 600 times less than in the case of producing aluminum from bauxites.
One hundred tons of copper ore must be processed to obtain one ton of copper.
When producing copper from Scrap, the amounts of raw material; electric power, and
labor costs are reduced considerably.
LITHUANIAN ENTERPRISES LAG IN SCRAP COLLECTION -- Vil'nyus, Sovetskaya Litva,
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Many enterprises of the Lithuanian SSR are collecting scrap metal for the
metallurgical industry. The Novo-Vil'nyaskiy Plant of Painting Apparatus fulfilled
the January plan for scrap collection,170 percent and the February plan 245 percent.
The first-quarter plan was considerably exceeded. Other Lithuanian plants have
also'fulfilled the first quarter plan. However, some enterprises are still lagging
in the collection and delivery of scrap metal. The Kaunas Foundry and Machi"ary
Plant of the Ministry of Transportation-was to deliver 120 tons, according to plan,
butfailed to ship a single kilogram of scrap. The Novo-Vil'nyaskiy "Zhal'giris"
Plant also failed to meet the plan. Some enterprises in Vil'nyus hold up deliveries
of scrap metal to the office of "Glavvtorchermet," and sell it on the side without
entering the receipts in their books.
The Woodworking Combine of the Ministry of Timber and Paper Industry in Vil'n+yus
has large quantities of scrap metal which have been lying ftround for years; no metll.
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The same situation exists in the Vil'nyus Locomotive-Repair Plant. About
60-80 tons of scrap, both ferrous and nonferrous, are scattered over the plant
yard. Only 50 percent of the first-quarter plan for scrap collection was completed.
The "El'fa" Plant shipped enough metal scrap to metallurgical plants in Janu-
ary and February to smelt 75 tons steel. This quantity is sufficient to produce
100 machine tools.
Organizations of the Lithuanian Consumers' Union fell short by 6,000 tons ries. If
materia of their first-quarter goal foitswoulddhaveebeen sufficientrto producelrailsbfor
available for steel s;nelting,
almost 140 kilometers of railroad tracks.
Vil'nyus, Sovetskaya Litva, 28 Mar 51
Enterprises of the Lithuanian Railroad System failed to deliver 2,125 tons
of metal scrap during January and February 1951. The Lithuanian Consumers' Union
fell short by 4,000 tons of its 2-month goal for scrap deliveries. The "Prekalas"
Plant in Kaunas has large quantities of metal scrap, but has failed to deliver it
and has not met its plans for January and February.
LATVIAN SCRAP-METAL RESERVES NOT UTILIZED FULLY -- Riga, Sovetskaya Latviya,
.27 Mar 51
The Latvian SSR has large reserves of metal scrap. However, not all indus-
trial ministries and departments engarld in scrap collection are successfully ex-
ploiting these reserves.
The Ministry of Meat and Dairy Industry Latvian,SSR has already fulfilled the
first-quarter plan for scrap recovery 290 percent; the Ministry of Local Industry,
154 percent; the Machine-Building Plant of the Main Administration of Timber and
electrical percent. the
Paper Industry, 230
"REZ" Plant, , 15 153 percent;
The "VEF" Plant, the "Avtoelektropribor" Plant, and the Riga Machine-Build-
ing Plant of the Ministry of River Fleet, have similar reserves of scrap metal,
for last
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50 t percent utilize
of i the first-quarter plan The
have completed collection.
The,Latvian-Republic Office of "Glavutil'syr'ye," the Latvian Consumers'
Union, and the Latvian Railroad System represent the three organizations which
should contribute the largest share of metal scrap delivered by the Latvian SSR;
however, these organizations are lagging considerably behind schedule. For
example, the Latvian Consumers' Union has completed only 21 percent of the plan.
Things are even worse in the Ministry of Construction-Materials Industry. Here
only one-half percent of the first-quarter plan has been met:
The Liyepaya "Krasnyy metallurg" Plant has valuable raw material for the
metallurgical industry in its slag dumps, i.e., steel sows, or metal which has
been sol__ified in the molds. This metal has been going to waste for years.
The plant itself does not want to handle the job of scrap recovery and has not
turned it over to "Glavvtorchermet."
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Riga, Cina, 12 Apr 51
The Riga Railroad-Car-Plant workers are collecting scrap metal, both in?tue
plant shops and on the grounds. The first-quarter plan for scrap collection was
exceeded. Sunday, 8 April, was appointed as a special day for scrap collection.
More than 300 workers took part and collected about 120 tons of metal scrap.
Riga, Cina, 14 Apr 51
The Riga Machine-Building Plant of the MiniE'ry of River Fleet USSR has
responded to the appeal for scrap collection. Workers of the plant collected
hundreds of tons of scrap metal in the buildings and grounds and delivered it
to state collection centers.
MOSCOW PLANTS START SCRAP-COLLECTION CAMPAIGNS -- Moscow, Pravda, 9 Apr 51
A number of Moscow enterprises have started a 30-day campaign for the
collection, processing, and delivery of scrap metal. Scrap recovery is well
organized at the First Bearings Plant imeni L. M. Kaganovich, which delivered
more than 11,000 tons of metal scrap to metallurgical enterprises since the begin-
ning of this year.
Each day, Moscow enterprises ship many carloads of metal scrap to plants in
the Urals, in the south, and in central regions. During the first 6 days of
April, the Moscow city office of "Glavvtorchermet" shipped 4,500 tons of metal
scrap more than during the same period of February.
Kishinev, Sovetskaya Moldaviya, 11 Apr 51
The Moscow Automobile Plant imeni Stalin has started a 30-day campaign for
collection of metal scrap; the plant has decided to collect not less than 5,000
tons of scrap during this period. In the first 10 days, about 2,000 tons of metal
scrap were collected at the plant and shipped to metallurgical enterprises.
KIROV OBLAST Pni.TICIPATES IN SCRAP COLLECTION -- Petrozavodsk, Leninskoye Znamya,
7 Apr 51
The Omutninsk Metallurgical Plant, Kirov Oblast, recently received large
quantities of scrap metal collected by residents of Omutninsk. The pile-driver
shop of the plant has processed daily up to 160 tons of metal for resmelting.
The Kirov Division of the Gor'kiy Railroad System has been very active in
the collection of scrap metal. Railroad workers have already collected more
than 200 tons of metal.
KARELO-FINNISH SSR NOT MEETING SCRAP-DELIVERY QUOTAS -- Petrozavodsk, Leninskoye
Znamya, 7 Apr 51
In the Karelo-Finnish SSR, 26 different organizations are engaged in the
procurement of scrap metal. The supplies of scrap available in the republic are
sufficiently 3.arge to meet or even exceed the plan for scrap recovery, but during
the first quarter of 1951, deliveries of metal have been very unsatisfactory.
Only about 50 percent of the plan quota has been fulfilled. The Kirov Railroad
System has large reserves of metal scrap, but has completed only 60 percent of
the first-quarter plan.
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Enterprises of the Ministry of Timber Industry received a reduced scrap-collec-
tion plan for the first quarter of 1951, according to which 200 tons of metal were
to be delivered. However, the ministry delivered only 32 tons during the first
quarter.
The Segezha Cellulose and Paper Combine and the Onega Machine-Building Plant
have met their quotas, but they are in a position to deliver much larger quantities
of metal then they have been doing so far.
Industrial enterprises and private individuals, including school children, have
been participating in the collection of scrap metal in Vyborg. The locomotive depot
shipped 24 tons of nonferrous and ferrous metals during the first quarter. The
"Elektroinstrument" Plant, the agricultural-machine-building plant, and others have
exceeded their plans. The Vyborg Office of "Glavutil'syr'ye" has shipped 70 tons of
nonferrous and ferrous metal scrap collected by workers of the city.
UKRAINIAN PLANTS INITIATE LARGE-SCALE SCRAP RECOVERY -- Kiev, Pravda Ukrainy,
24 Mar 51
Steelworkers of the Kramatorsk Metallurgical Plant imeni Kuybyshev have initiated
a mass competition for the collection and full utilization of metal scrap in open-
hearth shops. Most of the enterprises in Stalino Oblast followed suit.
During 20 days of March, the city of Zhdanov collected four trainloads of metal
scrap, with the help of the population. Thousands of tons of scrap were collected
and delivered to metallurgical plants by machine builders of Kramatorsk, Khartsyzsk
pipe plants, and transport workers of the South Donets Railroad System.
The Kiev "Bol'shevik" Plant has formed special brigades, headed by Communists,
for the collection of metal scrap. In a few days, 150 tons were collected.
Railroad workers of the Southern Railroad System fulfilled the first-quarter
plan for scrap collection and delivery ahead of schedule- Party organizations of
the railroad system were very active in this connection.
Kiev, Pravda Ukrainy, 25 Mar 51
Recovery of metal scrap by Dnepropetrovsk enterprises has increased. The
following plants are participating; Metallurgical Plant imeni Komintern, the Iron-
Roller-Making Plant, the Railroad-Car-Repair Plant imeni Kirov, the Switch Plant,
and others.
The Metallurgical Plant imeni Petrovskiy is extracting metal scrap from slag
waste. During a short period, the plant reco-iered 10,000 tons of metal.
With the help of large masses of the population, the metal-procuring organ-
izations of Dnepropetrovsk Oblast have considerably exceeded the plan.
GEORGIAN SSR FAILS TO MEET SCRAP-COLLECTION PLAN -- Tbilisi, Zarya 3Tostoka,
30 Mar 51
There are great possibilities for the collection of scrap metal in Georgia,
but they have Lot been utilized sufficiently. The January plan for procurement
of ferrous metal scrap was not completed by the Georgian SSR. The February plan
was fulfilled, but the January shortage was not yet covered. In March, the plan
was considerably increased.
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The Tbilisi Machine-Tool Building Plant has set a good example for the col-
lection, processing, and delivery of scrap metal. The first-quarter plan was ful-
filled by 27 March. However, not all plants have handled the matter in the same way.
The Transcaucasus Metallurgical Plant is not meeting its scrap-collection plan.
Another large consumer of metal scrap, the "Tsentrolit" Plant, has also failed to
meet the plan for scrap collection. Hundreds of tons of scrap ar4 hauled off the
plant area and dumped together with refuse.
The Transcaucasus Railroad System did not meet the plans for 1950, or for
January and February 1951. This was not caused by a lack of scrap metal, but
by indifference and negligence.
Large quantities of metal scrap are being wasted at the Tbilisi Automobile-
Repair Plant. Consumers' cooperatives, MPS, kolkhozes, sovkhozes, and building
administrations are also lagging in the collection of scrap.
Moscow, Trud, 10 Apr 51
The Tbilisi Locomotive and Railroad-Car-Repair Plant imeni Stalin has been
very active in the collection of scrap metal. During a 3-month period, the plant
collected and delivered more than 860 tons of metal. The plant started a 30-day
campaign for collection of ferrous metal scrap on 1 April.
ARMENIAN SSR MEETS PLAN, BUT SOME ENTERPRISES LAG -- Yerevan, Kommunist, 7 Apr 51
In 1950, the Armenian SSR fulfilled the plan for collection and delivery of
ferrous metal scrap to metallurgical plants 100 percent. The first-quarter 1951
plan was fulfilled 107.9 percent. The republic delivered 354 tons of metal scrap
above plan. However, some enterprises are behind schedule. Enterprises of the
Ministry of Communal Economy failed to deliver a single kilogram of metal scrap
during the first quarter. Scrap collection is poorly organized in enterprises
of the Ministry of Local Industry, the Ministry of Health, and several construc-
tion and assembly administrations. According to available data, rural areas of
the republic have accumulated about 1,000 to 2,000 tons of metal scrap, but its
collection has been badly organized by "Glavutil'syr'ye."
SCRAP COLLECTION IN UZBEK SSR INADEQUATE - Tashkent, Pravda Vostoka, 29 Mar 51
The recovery and processing of ferrous metal scrap is of vital importance
for the Uzbek SSR. The Uzbek Metallurgical Plant, which supplies many enter-
prises of Central Asian republics with its products, has no blast-furnace shop
of its own and operated on metal scrap only. The Uzbek SSR has sufficient re-
serves of metal scrap, i.e., waste products of metalworking plants, foundries, etc.
Every plant, rayon consumers' union, or office of "Glavutil'syr'ye" has a definite
plan for procurement and delivery of ferrous metal scrap. However, a number of
enterprises are not meeting these plans.
In January and February 1951, the plan for scrap recovery and delivery
not'fulfilled by a single oblast. Kashka-Dar'ya and Surkhan-Dar'ya oblasts
especially, are lagging in their deliveries.
The following failed to meet their plans for scrap collection: "Cr. - k-?
sel'mash," "Uzbeksel 'mash, " "Tashsel 'mash, ' Plant imeni Kaganovich, "Sre.,'...._im-
mash," and the Tashkent Railroad System. The "Uzbeksel'mash" Plant (direecor,
Stykaylo) has about 400 tons of various metal scrap and ferrous metal waste,
which has been lying around at the plant for several years. The "Chirchiksel'mash"
Plant failed to deliver, 2,819 tons of ferrous metal scrap to metallurgical plants
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during 1950. Conditions have not improved in 1951; current scrap deliveries of
this plant are short by 525 tons.
In addition to industrial enterprises and collecting centers of "Glavvtorcher.-
met," metal-scrap recovery is also handled by consumers' union, cooperatives of "Glavu-officers til'syr'ye" of the Ministry of Light Industry, a til'syr'ye" and industrial cooperatives are in charge of scrap collection among
the civilian population and in small city enterprises, while consumers' cooperatives
handle the work among the rural population, as well as in kolkhozes, sovkhozes, and
MTS. These organizations have been unable to cope with their obligations and are
delaying the shipment of collected metal scrap.
The system of the Uzbek Union of Consumers' Societies (Uzbekbrlyashu) has
failed to deliver 1,500 tons of scrap. The Namangan Oblast Consumers' Union has
consistently failed to meet its plan. This is explained by the fact that Oblast-
and rayon consumers' unions neglect to recover scrap from the population,
strict themselves to MTS and sovkhozes situated near the railroad line. More dis-
tant areas have not been covered at all.
Every year, heads of enterprises pay a fine to "Glavvtorchermet" for failure
to follow the rules of scrap collection, storage, and shipping, but no steps have
been taken to improve the situation.
A special pile-driver shop was to be organized at the Locomotive and Railroad-
this
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pla out ofprepairaforlseveralgyears,hand nothing has beenpdone to make thenmachinesen
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KAZAKH DELIVERIES OF METAL SCRAP INSUFFICIENT -- Alma-Ata, Kazakhstanskaya Pravda,
7 Apr 51
Metal scrap represents not less than 50 percent of all furnace-charge less materials
in steel smelting. The more scrap metal is contained in the charge, the time
is needed for the smelting process and the higher the quality of steeldproducednin
open-hearth furnaces. The, admixture of metal shavings in pig-iron pi-
creases the productivity of blast furnaces. Therefore, not a single kilogram of
scrap metal should be wasted.
However, the directors of many enterprises in the Kazakh SSR have neglected
the collection of scrap. Especially during the currentear, collectionsand ship-
ping of scrap have dropped off. By 25 March, only 59 percent plan for recovery of mete' scrap were completed by the Kazakh SSR. As a result,
metallurgical plants have received much less raw material than they needed. Forthe
example, in January, the Kazakh Metallurgical PlanterceivFd onlye75 perente de-
amount of scrap provided by plan, and in February, even
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liveries f metal scrap
of ope furnaces. oUral enterpris svalsoufailedttorreceive anlergethe of scrapninetheh
first quarter.
At the same time, many enterprises of the Kazakh SSR have sufficient reserves
of-metal scrap. For example, the Alma-Ata Railroad-Car-Repair Plant has about
150 tons of waste metal scattered over the plant area. Leninogorrsske pants hiaive
accumulated hundreds of tons of scrap. At the Sokol'nyy Mine,
of metal have been covered up with dirt. The lead pplaannt has 20 old boilers,has
around
weighing over 160 tons, which have been lying
deliver.metal scrap any in Kazakhstan which
been done to There are have neglected resmelt
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By 25 March, Semipalatinsk, Aktyubinsk, and Yuzhno-Kazakhstan oblasts had
completed only 54 to 64 percent of the scrap-collection plan. The situation was
even worse in those oblasts which are under the jurisdiction of the Karaganda
Office of "Glavvtorchermet." Kustanay Oblast, for example, completed only 25
percent of the quarter plan, and Aonolinsk and Severo-Kazakhstan oblasts, slightly
more than 40 percent.
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