ECONOMIC - METALS

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 23, 2011
• Sequence Number: 912
• Publication Date: April 8, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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!J1'lYFJ~1P BTitBL F;A6T PLANS INC81+~ASE ; - Scvetsk~ya Iatviye, No 29 3 Jan 49
3uotion lesel._ The~1948 grow prnducti~n plsn was fuliiiied 140 peroeat.
IilRltfH~AJ bIIt~ FI.4BT i>Y9 PRODDC"_'1'OF -- Lc:~.'ngradskeyt~ 1`rg~daf 1Yo 5Q; 2'Mar. 49
The .~'iror Machine Building a:.d Matail.urai~-$1 Plant i~ It+ninarw1l fi,l_
rolled eteel~ sad 25; peroent in steal pxaiuation. The 191~~8 Elan for labor
BTAL~fO OBLA9T &~EED3 PLAF -... Fra'-da :Th-r3?,.~. T'r ~'9. 5 Feb 4g
rolled ~Lsel 62.5 percents pipe rcl`.]ng I?.2 pFroeatf and acking 28.7 percent.
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MAQ6PCOGORSIf STEEL BEA'P3 PLAN -- Pravda Ula'ait~y~ too ~, v~'van 4y
Magnitogorsk Metallurgical Combine fu1f11led the 1948 plan for prcxluotian
of pig iron, steel, and rolled steel, as well ae for oolong and ore mlatnga
on 16 December. Sn 1948, the Combine produced 204,000 tone of ore, 420,000
toets of coke, 190,000 tans of pig iron, 300,000 tone of steel, sad 190,000 tons
of rolled steel above the 1947 production volume. Magnitogorsk metallurgical.
corkers, during 1948 reached the 1850 production level for ore mining, coking,
steel smelting, sad steel rollin;;. `Phe Combtno saved 51 million rubles
above plan in 11 months of 1948. '
Bareseaya Zvozda, iSo 25, 1 Feb 49
0n 31 January Magnitogorsk Metallurgical Combine fulfilled the January
plan for the oamplete metallurgical oyole as well ae ier are mining and coke
production. 0peu-hearth furnace and rolling-mill operators era working at
the level sot for 1y50.
gAZAffi FLAlmT3 siffi FASTER PACE -- Saza'shstanek~9a Pravda, No 1, 1 Jan 49
The Sasakt~ Aetallurgical ~1sat in Teemi.r-Tau started production oa
31 Deoember 1944. Aperation has greatly improved 1a the last 4 years.
The emeltiug period xae oonsiderably shortened daring 1848, nod the emeltitsg
weight iocreased 20 peroent. The average amount of etael obtained per
square motet of furnace agile was increased to 4.1 tone, as against 3.2 tone
planned. Rolling of steel ingots was speeded up 25 peroent. About 8 million
rubles of eavi[sQa above plan were eoaumulated. This was 2,800,000 rubloe more
than pledged.
By the end of 1948, the plant bad ezoeeded the planned lq`j0 production
level for steel and xolled steel. On 31 Deoember, oonetruotfon sad
aeeeoebly of tb.e third open-hearth furaaoe was oompleted at the plant. The
new furnace will be put into operation Boon.
Bazakhetaneke4ya Pravda, No 27, 9 Feb 49
Steal smelting, whioh was started in one shift in the open-hearth furnace
ehep of tha Sasaxh Metallurgioal ?laet, frequantiy heal to be oo~+p'?.eted. during
the following shift. Thl.s reduoed responsibility of steel wor'~terc for the
quality of the metal and for epeedilig up the smelting period.
Reoantly a sew echenv hie been tried whereby eeah steel worker oompletee
rmeitiag from charging .the furnace to ponfag the steel. This will con-
sldernbly shorten the time required for each smelting.
Steel workers are oompetiag to shorten the smelting period. Tvo workers
have euooeeded in reducing the time of the,prooees one hour and 45 minutes.
The amount of steel produoad per square meter of open-hearth sole in-
creased 15 peroent over 1948.
t,}hOg 17 Mr; TTQl7 xZ18L34. -- SREakil9tanakgy8 Prflvda, fto 1, 1 Jan 49
The Aktyubinek Ferroalloy Pleat produced over 1,5~ tons of ferro-
alloys above plan in 1948. Consumption of eleotric power was lowered 9.5
percent, exa aginet 8 percent pledged. Labor efficiency inoreased 19 peroent.
Savings above plan, eooording to preliminary estimates, amounted to more
then 17 c'.llioa rubles.
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NEW MAPS SECTION OPENED IId E.41t JET ?-- T?khrckFanaisava Zrazda, No 16, 20 Jan 49
The Nizhne-Amur Obiaet newspaper Lcxasnvy Mr{yak bas reported the opening
of a nev eaotioa, deep is the taiga.i:~ the Ifclcha:, mine. A nev bore hole in
this eaotioa shoved as industrial metal canta.rt i.r. the summer of 1947, and
the first bri~ude of prospectcxs vas seat there i; March 1948, Since the,
as entire settlement has been bui:Lt. Cr.:ZStru-t.i.rn cf a :lab sari housing
for engi6eers sad technicians will be started goon, Mechanization is being
gives particular atteatioa. A h,~rdraulic c~~e ^.ca-ertraor 1.s being equipped
for operation this sgring and wil.': tie _?~..r,',?e~ ~1.?h vat.er frc~ an slevate+d
tank.
RARE MLTAL MAPES PDSH ~'_T~`;IFjPCY MF'ASL'ItES ? - 6c1'at?evYk Altays, No 3, 5 Jan 49
Miners of "Dbaredmet" (rare met,a..g~. ~cetc;hnr?-?Sa::akhstan Oblant, eZ-
oeeded the"1948 plan for mining ore i6 per