P'YONGYANG COAL MINING MACHINE FACTORY
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September 2, 1964
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United Slates within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title
18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.
C-0-N-F-I-D-E-N-T-I-A-L
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COUNTRY North Korea
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SUBJECT Pt yi:ingyang Coal Mining chine
Factory
DATE OF
INFO.
PLACE &
DATE ACQ.
REPORT
DATE DISTR.
NO. PAGES
REFERENCES
2 September 1964
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
a: 19-page unedited translation of interrogation
Ptyongyang Coal Mining Machine Factory. The document is classified
CONFIDENTIAL.
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PliOngyang Coal Mining Machine Factory
the P4Sngyang
Sadont?guyek, Ply8ngyang-si, WI
over 1,200 workers and produced
eoal mines. It was the o
teb *Was first estatlished
ctory. At the time of establis
enterprise end
a-
de, 111.
terprise employing
rtant machines to be need. a
tiotori in. irestern North Korea,
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PlyStgyang Coata. e Repair
Hem' Industry, b.it. then had
?about 10 wall lathee Sad a few medium lathe
and was equ. pped with
the establishment of
ministry of coax indastgr in the NE cabinet in 0r about 1956, the factoz7
transferred to the Jurisdetion of the ministry and was gradually
dud both in equipment and personnel
the Plyangyang elota attingyktebuie pexttorir
nemAting nterpriset it tote
and many machine teas v
swei mine-tubs, tipplers and other
mines. With the estabUehmeet, er the Kaal7
the factory wad o-
ral Surest o
nationtil enterprise for nnIo
then also reduced to atm
when it was renamed 50X1-HUM
pnumted a grade 11
pprorimately
SOO en
large pumps, armee,
so be used at coal
Otemissim in 1960
of Us Machine Industry
Led to 4% grade 111
one,. of the factory me
and sidlled
workers were transferred to Hoereing-gun, tiameng.pukto where mother coal
mining mathine factory was newly etrtablished under the jurisdiction of the
same bureau, However., production equipment Of the factory wa,s not reduced,
nor the factory's production target e were markedly cut, As of early 1962
the factory purchased various iron and Steel materias from the liwanghae
Works (N 38.47 II 126.38) Ore 2995), the ganKtan Steel Mill (N 356,.
E 125-35) (II) 2412), the Mnsjin Steel Mill (N 40-33, E 129-08) (EV 1290),
and the Flampto Smelter (N 3845, E 125-30) (TV 1691)? and supplied its
products to various coal mines In western and central flozth Korea in
accordance with the directives of the Kea Industry Cormission. Rost of
the machines in use at the factory were old and outmoded, and it was under
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plan to gradually replace all the old-type and obsolescent equipment with
modern machines nimd.y manufactured by the ruichltini Machine Tools Factory
Of 40-10, B 126-16) (BV 6849) and the Pukchung Machine Factory (N 39-57,
B 124y-26) (XE 2323). it was also said that this factory would soon take
over a lot (about 100 sisters square) belonging to the Central Materials
Warehouse located by the factory, so that it might expand its facilities
to increase its production.
Production:
2. this factory produced a total. of over 3,000 kinds of 50X1-HUM
machines and parts to be used at coal mines. its monthly production in
value was roughly estimated at 220,000 to 250,030 wan in EN currency.
The following were its monthly or yearly production of major items:
Products Capacity Quantity/Period
Mine-tubs 1-ton 100/monthly
Mine-tubs 2-ton 200/monthly
Tipplers 1-ton 5/monthly
tipplers 2-ton 5/monthly
Centrifugal pumps Imknawn 20/monthly
Turbine pumps mamma 30/monthly
Hoists 1-ton 20/mon.tbly
Hoists 24on 30/monthly
Conveyors small 10/monthly
Conveyors large 5/monthly
Cranes large 10/yearly
line-tub whoa. 1-ton tub 1,000/pnadqt monthly
Mine-tub wheels 2-ton tub 11000/monthly
Mine-tub axles 1-ton tub 1,000/monthly
Nine-tub axles 2-ton tub 1,004faxeithly
in addition, the factory prod:mad oril repaired various special machines
and parts on the orders from various enterprises in NI. On the average,
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the factory monthly repaired about 30 electric motors (WY to 10,000..
kilowatt motors) and about 30 kinds of miscellaneous machines on the orders
from various factories, the factory often
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failed to meet its monthly production ;litotes for short of raw materials or
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for frequent da1 In their arr
Commission was established in April of
materials to man eturing
a result, the production of
actor' emcee
of
their produc
issued by th
requisition
fter the Rea ttjy
the supply of raw
rpristm became systematic and timely
factory atm became steady
y accomplished its soma p
various ecpipnent.td raw mate
wisas in exchange Oer the allotmen
lath:Art Comiseien in accordsnce with the factory's
in proportion to the iattonal production qnotas: Of the
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factory. The permute for the oquipent and raw ?patella's received were
made in bank transfers directly between e facfo*. and the supplier
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enterprises, but their poets were unknown. The following were the nrithly
or quarterly purchases of inpretant raw ma ezials used at this factory,
IT
43
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(various
Pig iron
found steel bar
Special steel
Gun metal
on
2O/monthly
5/vartelly
10/
10/
10/
10
10/
20/
?10/
5/
5/
Supplier,
Bwarghae
IT
Slkgjin 8teel
Nampto Smelter
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In addition, the factory consumed abott 25 truckloads of im
(brought from Ronggumpto ibfanghae-namio) monthly and abou
of lumber quarterly.
Production Facilities and Equinent
4.
and/or equipment:
a. Lathe Plant
Item
Small lathes
various.. plan
Medium lathes
Large lathes (ME hes)
Large lathes
Large lathes
Large Lathes
Large boring machines
Large bobbing machine
Large bobbing machine
large slotting machines
Small special lathe
Large turning machines
Aran shapers
Large planers
Large drilling machines
Small drilling machines
Overhead crane (1-ton)
Large face lathe
b. Assembling Plant
Overhead crane (3-ton)
Small crane (1-ton)
C. Steel-Casting ?lad
Electric furnace (3-ton)
Cupola furnace (1-ton)
Gun metal furnace (h-ton)
Overhead cranes (3-ton)
ding sand
five truckloads
factory had. the following facilities
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Quantity
10
Ifatiufacture
Mohr& Machine Tools
ONTO
2 MT?
Pukchung Machine Factory (PMF)
3 Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
East Germany
2 Soviet Union
HMTF
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Built by factory workers
Soviet Union
5
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2
1
2
10
2.
2
1
2
HMTF
Soviet Union
HMTF
unknown
unknown
if
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Overhead crane (1-ton)
Unknown
Sand-removing machines 2
Molding sand mixers 3
HMTF
Welding machines 3
HMTF
d.
Pig-tbon crushing machine (if-ton)
Forging Plant
Built by workers
Small lathes 10
HMTF
Nut punching machine 1
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Electric welder 1
Built by workers
Air hammer (1-ton) 1
Czechoslovakia
Air hammer (i-ton) 1
Bolt-nut punch presses 2
Soviet Union
e.
Round steel bar cutter 1
Body-making
Unknown
Medium lathe 1
HMTF
Small drilling machines 4
HMTF
Welding machines 30
HMTF
Crane (3-ton) 1
Unknown
Crane (1 ton) 2
fo
Riveting hammer (air hammer) 10
En8J-1.141ELLT5Yer Plant
PMF
Small lathes 3
HMT
Large lathes 2
East Germany
Large lathes 5
HIM
Small shapers 2
Rxkmmmm HMTF
Crane (i-,ton) 1
10Ett Unknown
Small drilling machine 1
HMTF
Air compressors 2
East Germany
Air compressor 1
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Medium Mobbing machine 1
Daily Necessities Production Plan
Small lathes 1
HMTF
Medium lathes 2
IMF
Welding machine 1
IMF
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Reverherato (4-ton) I 'Unknown
Spot welder I Soviet %don
nee/ plate bending ma Unknown
?Plato-.rolling machine I Built by
h. Traz.nt
Crane (5-ten) I Unknown
:Crane (I-430
?Roiset steel bar
Trucks 4 Soviet Unica
? 0z-carts
Emotions and Personnel of Vaitous Offices and Plants:
5. the total number of the werters of this factory was
estimated at 4235* including the factory Party and Trade Union workers.
Of them, about 400 were female workers falling in the age bracket of 18
4 trikn,own
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to 40. The ages of male? employees ranged from 18 to 55.
were the breakdown of the factory personnel by their jobs:
Administrative Workers (including plants chiefs)
The following
56 person
Engineers
3
Associate Ingineers
4
Assistant Engineers
Sub-Assistant Engineers
12
Workers' Chiefs
Grade-8 Ski3led Workers
37
? Grade..? &killed Workers
13
? Grade-6 Skilled Workers
276
Grade-5 Skilled Workers
377
Grade-4 Skilled Workers
165
Grade-3 Skilled Workers
9e
Apprentices
16
Miscellaneous Work Laborers
52
Medical Workers
? Telephone (*.orators
3
?Security Guards
25
Party Workers
12
Trade Union Workers
3
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