BAUXITE RESOURCES IN YUGOSLAVIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-01617A000600100001-0
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 20, 1998
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: July 22, 1949
• Content Type: IM

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To Bau dte Resources in Yugoslavia
22 July 1949
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Prior to 1935 production of ,q in Yugoslavia was of little
significance. By 1930 Yugoslavia was a large producer and since t e
acquisition through the Troaty of Paris in 1945 -of the ric, istrian
minis , uxst southeast of Trieste, Yugoslavia is potentially 030 of the
more important producers of bauxite in Europo.
Current production of bauxite in Yugoslavia is estimated at
200,000 metric tons annually. This figure, hovtever, is considerably
below capacity. The pro mw peak production was reached in 1938 when
400,000 metric tons wore produced, iusivo of the production of the
Istrian mines (400,000 metric tons "1942 under Italian operation).
2.
Reserves of. bMLr_Jtp in Yugoslavia (including the Is~,rian mime)
are large, are of good quality for processing in European plants, but
are not suitable for treatment in the T plants. Prior to World War II
reserves were variously estimated at from 25 to 75 million Metric tons,
Mw= reserves are estimated to be 20 to 25 million tons.
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All ougb Yugoslavia's capacity for production of bauxite is
comparatively large, its capacity for production of t ---- is extremely
limited, During the war there was only one probe: sing plant for the pro-
duction of aluminum in the country and this plantts capacity was limited
to not over 5000 mete c tons of al umintm