GROSS PRODUCTION OF THE EAST GERMAN MINING AND SMELTING INDUSTRY, 1 JANUARY TO 30 APRIL 1953

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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
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• Publication Date: September 27, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
FORMATION REPORT CD NO.
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r`e QUIRED
LATE OF
VIFO.
East Germany
Gross Production of the ; nst Gerrr.n Mining
and Sm .tting Industry, 1 January =x 30 April
1953
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DATE DISTR. ~3aptembor 1953
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HIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
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The attachment lists the gross production of major items by plants
unier Vic East Germ n ;Ilinistr- of 'linin/ and Smelting for the
period from 1 J anua y through 30 April. 1953, The 1953 planned
production for all items is also given.
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PRODUCT Unit of
Planed Production
Actual Production
Planned Production
Actual Production
Planned Production
Quanti
0 Aril 1953
1
::.20 A r.11 ? '
T Jan,, m 0 Ax,,rQ
1 Jan. m 0 A J
1 Jane - 31 Dec. 5.
IW! INDUSTRY
Crude iron.
9-0,720
87,823
020
1 000
an Thomas crude iron.
24, 500
24,399
99,800
lsl'
459,000
b. Foundry crude iron
21,000
21#332
75,000
74,215
276,000
0. Steel pig
40,950
$,0
1519950
128,153
475,000
d. Spiegeleisen
4,270
3028
15,270
8,025
50,000
Cru&, etecl ingots
661
61_,0
2185.00Q
a. Th nas "teal
21,E
19,413
83,750
83,028
345,W
b, Ski steel
126,094
122,275
488x694
478,720
1,687,000
c. Electric steel
10,780
12,680
43,380
48,580
153,000
Se.."arishatl P~?oQvetsc ether
ro:`?'Ang mills
tons 25,860
27,848
107,360
122,133
390,100
wara4- :i oi1 d steel
2AL4U
87
MI
1
,
006
a,, Semi-finished products for
,,,
.
forging ark , .rsssing plan"
1u, 560
8,549
42,160
3b,922
110,000
b,. Y riou,e kind: c?~' ro11e1 iron
57,041
54,386
2.29 292
226,443
827,006
c4 Oailed sheet
20,712
20,634
82,962
85,949
282,000
I a' sheet
15,350)
(15,226)
61,550)
65,559)
(216,700)
Kidtix sbc)et
2,200)
l,9761
&75o)
8,912)
26,800)
l 18 t}~+t
2f962)
3,290)
I,862)
(10,562)
36,00`0)
rn1udln D 'nc sheet
((830))
;(19027))
'(2
^2)),
:10,000)
Transformers
((500))
394)"
;(2,000))
,
((29003)`
6,000))
200
142)
800f
716)
2,500
2,830
23156
U,330
i09662
34,00
~33ts
1,601
5 .31, 0
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Unit of ?).armed Production
Aotual Production
Planned Production
Actual Production Planned Production
?.
= 30 A~ - rill 19 L
1
30 Apr31 1 53
1 Jan. - 30 April 53
I Jan, _, 30 April 53 1 Jano 21 Dec. 53
Pipes, s~o1~':,u
tone
3,000
2,130
9,000
8,832 33,000
Cold r llt papa ev , .
tons
1,327
1.9536
5,157
6,033 16,000
Drawn bar a r 3uctz
tons
3,918
3,888
14,018
15,254 48,000
Iron allays
tons
6,121
5,110
23,853
23,315 71,920
Cast adoe1rolled products
tans
150
165
680
000
745 2
Cast $ran rolled products
tons
685
671
2,740
,
2,861 8,0300
Cast irvil
tons
8,107
8,895
31,541
36,884 98,200
Tamper cast
tons
784
813
3,181
3,324 9,500
Steal castings
tons
54651
5,933
22,893
23,772 70,400
Forgings, and drop forgl
2,830
3 4937
11,230
13,675 37,600
Thomas meat
700
.717
2,700
2
9819 10,200
Sinter dolomite
e
8,280
7, 509
31,100
,
30,433 108,300
i IR&-PcxiF MATERIALS
Industrial quic;zlime
tons
100995
15,321
34,995
34,178 115,000
Solid wsl1 tiles
1,000 ur{3;s
10
40
Hollow roofing tiles
1,000 unit s
1,U40
10225
3,705
3,815 13,700
Misc. hollow tiles
1,000 units
40
155
222 500
Potter's clay
tons
840
990
3,450
4,564 10
165
Crude 'e.ley
n
6,195
6,278
23,730
,
25,006 74,900
Steel plant abrasives
Stahlwerkeve chleissmrni a;t" .
956
895
3,771
970 11
260
3
Fire-proof clay, lumps and brinks 10,738
10,340
42,633
,
,
41,603 134,900
Light fire-bricks 300
517
1,260
1,328 4,050
Tank blocks and bench slab: 165
152
665
657 2,000
Moulds for steel castings 1,870
2,589
7,490
9,230 22,500
Misc, fireproof clay products 943
696
3,783
3,221 11,400
Silica r(?,* 3,710
3,455
14,980
14,733 54,900
Bulk silica 345
702
1,620
2,288 5,100
Sintered magnesite
3,000
3,033 12,000
site, lumps and bricks 615
644
2,490
2,800 12
000
Bulk magneeite 125
185
1,000
,
,
1,187 3,000
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Plarxod : it d1.to'U011 : ot5, a1 Prodiactiory i 1
axmed Production
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- 50 1 Jan. A I'i' Jan_
Jan. =21 Dec. 5
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-Refined and electrolytic copn (P 1) tons 2,443 2, 515
9,783
9,478
29,350
Refined and electrolytic copper ($ 2) n 400 1,053
1,600
3,9166
4WO
,
Refined and of ctrolytic copper (P 3) n 11030 698
5,330
2,778
000
16,
"
1
794 1
371
6
644
5031
21
5
1
,
,
,
,
2
Recc'.s z .9 1 nwp~
4~ R!x-- En~
315
200
1,265
785
12~
3,800
Crude tin
35
34
147
120
476
Pure tan
ii
13
46
48
140
Nickel
13
13
53
54
200
Recast aluminum w id. alloys
576
557
2,,326
2,080
7,000
Cast iron
83
107
333
415
1,000
Sulphuric acid to.:o SC3
3,
,,613
14,753
11,103
60,000
Rol , roducttr rr nonforrnt to metal"
a, of copper tone
182
156
716
727
2,200
bo of brass
117
151
456
596
10500
co of bronze
40
39
162
145
490
do of nickel
4
4
'14
14
50
eo of alums IT
305
292
1,230
1,288
3,700
fe of lead
250
223
1,000
951
3,000
f. of Zinc
34
37
134
124
400
Mica rolled pr,ducts of nonferrous
metals
50
43
154
620
Iron ore tons
131
108,820
Bak
M
g~b0
1AMAO-0
a, from the quarries 1138 3 102,402
.
x:35,9714
376,271
1,542,500
b, f rm the slag heaps "
17,700 6,4,18
42,150
28,399
168,900
Copper i ro "
105,299 103p209
+47,35'1
409,559
1,407,211
Concentrated lead ore tons Pb cda.tent
333 309
833
1,480
4,150
Conccaa ;rated tin ore tons Sn ca;tent
35.7 33-380
l aa!r
127.020
530.
Nickel ore tone
-
20,000
Concentrated tgatenite tons W03 content
10;,330 ii 006
41330
45,020
130
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SCRAP METALS
Steel scrap
Scrap xrg;n
Scrap of coppwr
Scrap aluminum
Scrap Zing
Scrap -ead
Mina. nonfarm::s.
U.?~; l .ud ,d roducti ;,a
tons 175.,000
it 294170
tons Cu content 2,250
krona Al content 1,000
tons in content 417
tons Pb content 19000
metals ,tir1a metal content 500
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u l Pznc uc io Planned Pi oduc:ti n
Actu .1 e,coduction Planned Production
A'.
..~. 1 Jano
22 A ril
Jane _ 30 ril 5' 1 Jane =
11
21L
_
_
171,037
700,000
600,989 2,100,,000
320832
116c670
111,034 350,000
2,232
9,000
7,649 27,000
1,087
4,000
3,788 12,000
477
1,667
1,9837 5,OOO
965
4,000
3,042 129000
467
2,000
1,612 69000
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