POLISH IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY FIRST HALF OF 1948

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00039R000100010051-4
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• Original Classification: R
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• Document Creation Date: January 4, 2017
• Sequence Number: 51
• Publication Date: September 11, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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the eR;xrent ye~lr ~.n alb. the more ~.mpartant vary.�ties a~' products, Total
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production is valued at 1,0~.3,~ mil~.ion zlotys in terms of 1937 prices.
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In 1947 particular a~~�ertion gas givc,~ to Sup~.~ly~.yig th� demand for
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scrap iron and coke for blast furnaces, Because deliveries of domestio
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in the production of coke are proving very successful, As a result the
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iron increased. The improvement in securing a supply of domestic and im-
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Another factorlxhich was responsible in a great measure for excaed-
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M,, the producti'sity of labor. in 19~7? production per man-hour i~n terms of
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1937 slotys increased 26 percent over 19,5, This xas attributed+~to the
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extensive ro ram of a loitin all roduction facilities, In the curt
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year }the increase in labor prodtact{~*i +y can be attributed chf e~'3.y ~;,o ~'~~n
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L. Deliveries of foreign ores shoved a decided increase in the second
quarter, or about 272 percent, over the first quarter, De1it,~eries of
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domestic scrag from the fain Office of S~r ~ ;a~.
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first quarter, hoxever a marked decrease in deliveries of foreign acre
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Employment in the iron and steel industry numbered $~,$~6 xorkers as
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of ~0 Jung, xhich includes 9,2,0 office xorkers. Compared xith employment
gu~es of 3l December 191~7'~this is a O,b percent finer�ase in the total em-
ployed and ~..3 percent increase in the employment of office xorkers,
- A number of i~uvestments xas carried out. The blast furnace xas equipped T
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xith a turbo-bibw~er xiith an air suctio~i capacity of 100~~~ cubic
,eaters per hour and a pressure of 2,2 absolute atmospheres, The instal~,ation
of this equipment increased production of pig iron in the b3.RSt furnace. ~
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5~4~,mm sae rebuilt. Tn add~.t~.ox~ to ahannela, production of strip steel
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installed, Ground is being prepared for the building of a neA coke plant,
~Gork is under~ray in connection ~3.th perfecting the blast furnaces and ~
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the building of auxiliary equipment such as sintering plants, storage
rooms for ores and pig iron, bins for ray mQterials, tra~telling cranes,
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