1951 CATHODE NICKEL REQUIREMENTS OF KUPFER - U. MESSINGWERK HETTSTEDT

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• Publication Date: August 8, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION 3W011T21U - U'00. (ih7iGi: S CITY
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY
Germany (Russian Zone)
SUBJECT 1951 Cathode Ilickel P quirenionts of upfer .-
2~,C~~ssinerk IIettstedt
SOURCE
and its 1951 production pror ram for nickel hire and other nickel products,
as of 6 April 12E1:
describing Ilettstedt$s n.:.cl?;ol rav Material requirements for the year 1
and I.Iessin werk, Iiettstedt,, to the central SAG office, Derlin-, eissens
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The fol otiring is a translation of official document concerning the Kuper
t' )epar v. gent SHAG ''arten ~'.'.ia Lc; Iarz
IIett-stedt, 6 April 1951
wwtr I:!atcrial Procurement Section
To: Actin ; General Dimetor of
MOT T "ante n Section
(Herr) Lliwyocr
The reds..? rcncnts of the
nickel in the year 1951
Kunfor and "Icsr:ingwerl., Ilottsteclt, for cathode
are as f ollovrs
1) For the production of 36 tons (3 tons per month) of very fine , :au,;e
nickel wire and 54 tone (4?5 tons per nont:) of semi-finished nickel
rrire (for C .J. Vo~cl, fl rlin :oepeniek) (For brcal:dorm, see Attach-
ment 1)
136 tons of ca triode nickel
25X1A
Tor the production of ether nickel products
(For breakdown, see Attachment 2)
!O n
7 jG tons
r~
I.:i:ports received in Jc+nuar 17 , ? n > railway cars 50
127 to--is of cathode nickel
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Impurities in the nickel must not exceed the following maximum quantities:
Iron
maximum
O.0E;;
Copper
0.012`'%
Sulphur
0.00,`,
lagnosium
Antimony
Arsenic
traces only
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Please see to it that the Kupfcr and Messing rk, Hettstcdt, receives the
126 tons cathode nickel still required for the 1951 production program.
Fifty tons of this amount must be received not later than 30 June 1951;
otherwii;e, the Hettstcdt plant will not be able to meet its production
quota for the third quarter of 1951,"
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ATTACTII.tEPIT 1
INickR,,l requirement for the 1951 production of 36 tons of very fine gauge
nickel wire and 54 tons of semi finished nickel wire at the Kupfer and
Nassingrmrk, IIettstedtt
Production of 36 tons of very fine gauge mire 01 tons cathode nickel
(2.25 tons of original material is smelted for
the production of each ton)
Production of 514 ton: of semi finished nickel wire 122 tons
for C.J. Vogel, Berlin - Koopenick
(2.25 tons of the original material is smelted
for the production of each ton)
:Zequircd for processing 203 tons
Usable scrap (33',-J) 67 tons
Total 1951 requirements 136 tons
Approximately Ito tons of the nickel wire scrap which is not capable of
being reprocessed for the production of the type of wire described above
may be used for the production of the commodities described in Attachment 2.
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ATTACtiMD NT 2
Nickel requirements for other products at the Kupfer and Miessingwerka Iiettstedt,
in 1951:
P or the production of:
norn per ton
cathode nickel
requirements
3 tons Zlu-metal 2.28
6.040 tons
15 tons
Nickalloy
1.24
18.600 tons
13 tons
Bi-metal
0.35
4550 tons
5 tons
Manganese wire
0.,021
0.105 tons
15 tons
Konstantan wire
0.489
7.335 tons
24 tons
Nickel bands
1.065
25.560 tons
12 tons
Nickel wire, coarse
1.o65
12.780 tons
20 tons
Cu-nickel pipe
0.221
4.420 tons
120 tows
Copper welding wire
0.002
0.240 tons
Scrap from nickel wire production
80.430 tons cathode
nickel
40A000 tons
40.430 tons cathode
nickel
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