MAGNITOGORSK COMBINE RECORDS NEW GAINS; PLEDGES INCREASE IN OUTPUT

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• Sequence Number: 397
• Publication Date: July 19, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION 1951
SUBJECT Ecu:.omic -Industry, iron and steel
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CENTRAL INTELLIGEN(;E AGENCY REPORT
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
MAGNITOGORSK COMBINE RECORDS NEW GAINS;
PLEDGES INCREASE IN OUTPUT
umbers in parentheses refer to appended sources]
In 1950, the Magnitogorsk Metallurgical Combine tmeni Stalin produced
7.5 percent more pig iron, 26 5 percent more steel, and 30 percent more rolled
steel than provided fo= iu the Five-Year Plan. The combine pledged to fulfill
the 1951 plan ahead of schedule and to produce 60,000 tons of pig iron, 50,000
tons of steel, 35,000 tons of rolled steel, 160,000 tons of iron ore, and
35,000 tons of coke sbove the plan; to reach a coefficient of blast-furnace
utilization of 0.78, and to recover 7.45 tons of steel per square meter of
open-heea?th furnace; to introduce new techniques and convert two blast fur-
naces to an accelerated rate. of operation; to utilize equipment more fully
and reduce consumption of raw materials, fuel, electric power, and other ma-
terials.(1)
During the past 5 years, the Magnitogorsk Metallurgical Combine has solved'
many important problems, including the production of self ??fluxing sinter and
its use in open-hearth furnaces. By improving storage facilities, and coal-
crushing methods, and the technology and operation of coke batteries, it was
possible to achieve a higher and more constant quality of coke. intraplaat
transport was converted to electric traction. Much has been done for the
automatization of production processes.(2)
Operations in the blast-furnac shop cf the Magnitogorsk Combine are
largely automatic. In 1950, the number of workers in the shop was reduced
by 80 people and the output of pig iron increased 8 percent over the 1949 out-
put. Compared with 1949, the 1950 cost of one ton oP pig iron was reduced 25
percent and the idle time of machinery was reduced 50 percent.
During 1950, blast-furnace workers of Magnitogorsk first began to operate
with increased pressure of blast-furnace gas. Blast furnace No 6 had to be
repaired and reconstructed in 1950, at which time it was adapted to operation
under high gas pressure.(3)
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In April 1951, operators of bleat furnace No 6 reached a coefficient of
furnace utilization of 0.769, instead of 0.780 as pledged. Consumption of
coke per ton oY pig iron was 9"j kilograms below the norm established for the
blast-furnace shop. During a oLe-year period, over one million rubles were
saved on furnace charge materials.
Operators of blast furnace No 4 achiev=d new successes in 1951; in April,
consumption of coke per ton of pig iron was reduced 20 kilograms below the
plan, and the coefficient of furnace utilization reached 0.735, thus establish-
ing a new record.
Reconstruction of two blast furnaces rrtll begir. in the near future for
the purpose of converting them to high-pressure blast-furnace gas. Several
open-hearth furnaces will also be recocietructed and automatization of work
processes will continue.
Compared with 1950, the average daily production of pig iron by the com-
bine increased 10 percent. The average daily output of steel by the combine
increased 8.2 percent over 1450, and steel production of open-hearth shop
No 2 increased 13 percent.
Despite some improvements in the work of rolling shops, their operation
as a whole 3oes not meet the requirement of the combine Rolling-shop workers
are lagging behind the steel smeiters~ Ingots often pile up in the storage
place and have to be shipped to other p~anta.
The supply of scrap metal to the combine is not satisfactory. Although
scrap-metal deliveries increased in the spring of 1951, they are still in-
sufficient to form an adequate reserve.(=)
1, Kiev, Pravda Ukrainy, 22 Apr 51
2. Moscow, Trull, 26 APr `1
3. Moscow, Komsomol"F~kaya Pravda, 4 Apr 51
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