ANNUAL MINERAL PRODUCTION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000500490275-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 7, 1999
• Sequence Number: 275
• Publication Date: May 7, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CONFIDENTIAL
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
UWORMATION REPORT 25X1A
PLACE ACQUIRED
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DATE ACQUIRED
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DATE DISTR. 7 may 5k
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curtailed in _ as tin itt the first metal to be struck by t ae
US stocks have attained their maximum. The Belbian Congo will however create a
small buffer stock. The Oeomines, which encountered serious difficulties in
its preparation to treat hard ore, has now devised an intermediate, program
which will treat partly broken up hard pegmatites for several years with lithium
andtantalite as by-products.
"Wolframite production wag 190 tone, and the mixed caeeiterite-wclframite ores 2 5X1A
gave 1027 tons. This mineral will also be in a poor situation in _
7.. "On the other hand, the demand for columbite is still increasing and the pro-
duction will be accelerated. The output of tantalite-columbite at 55% X205
25X1A attained 234 tons in M and the mixed casniter ite-tantalite-columbite ores
reached 1.594 tone. 25X1A
1. "In spite of the decrease in price of 3overal metals the activity of the Belgian
Congo mining industry ?,ra.c kept at itz highest level and production was increased.
2. "The Union Miriere reached a ne:* peak with 209 thousand metrictong of copper
and its cnnlect-'i industries gave 242 thcuaaud tons or zinc cor_:?en.trate; cobalt
production was 8350 tons.
3. "Important secret talks have been going on about new agrc:.menta concerning the
production of uranium ardits delivery, to the US and UK.
4. "The manganese production reached 108,313 tone. The development of this pro-
duction will now probably be slowed down until the available electric power is
increased. The erection of the new hydroelectric power plants cannot keep
pace with the demand of the growing industry.
5. "The caceiterite production reached 16,300 tone. This output will probably be
f t tha* the
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8.
" 0 old m i n i a g is holding its own and delivered 11, 360 1-go of fine gold in
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9. "Gem diamond- is the only mineral whose production decreased in the year:
it reached only 564,072 carats, but the industrial diamonds were pushed':to
12,016,198 carats,m)re than a million carats above the preceding year.
10. "In the mandated territory of Ruanda-Urundi the trend has been the same:
casciterite output reached 2853 tons, tantalite production was 56 tons, and
wolframite reached 635 tons.
11. "Ruanda-U'rundi also produces a rare and interesting mineral, bastnaesite,
which contains 33% of cerium. The production was 367 tone."
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