UKRAINIAN FERROUS METALS MINISTER CALLS FOR IMPROVEMENT

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2011
• Sequence Number: 115
• Publication Date: June 22, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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UKRAINIAN FERROUS MEDALS MINISTER CALLS FOR IMPROVEMEIPl
[Comment: The information in the following report was taken
from a speech delivered by g, I. Tiehchenko, Minister of Ferrous
Metallurgy Ukrainian SSR, at the 18th Conference of the Communist
Party Ukrainian SSR. The speech spy-,eared in the 25 March 1954
issue of Pravda Ukrai~,
The 27 March ies.,e ^? `hc ounces notetl that 1'ish:henko had beep
elected to the Central Committee, Communist Party Ukrainian SSR.j
Despite the tremende?~g damage inflicted upon Ukrainian iron and steel
plants during the war, tLo Ukraine attained the prewar level of ferrous
metals output in :g49 and in 1950,
Ukrainiac plants produced one and one half tictea more metal in 1953 than
in 1940. tdore specifically, 1953 cast iron production was 47,5 percent over i940
production, steel was 56.1 percent over 1940 production, rolled stock was 57.3
percent over 1940 production, and steel pipe was three time: the 1940 level.
The blast furnace coefficient of performance ie also being systematically
improved. In 1952, Ukrainian plants averaged a ton of pig iron output per
1.22 cubic meters of furnace; in 195;1 the figure was cut to 0.9 cubic meters.
The steel yield per square meter of open-hearth furnace floor was 50 percent
greater in 1953 than in 1952?
Much of this improvement was due to new equipment, better utilization~of
existing facilities, increased productivity of lebor, and the widespread dis-
aemiaation of progressive methods.
One of the principal shortcomings in the Ukrainian ferrous metallurgical
indusg~egatese sporadic, unrhythmic operation of individual plants, shops,
and a
Ferrous metallurgy overfulfilled the January and February 1854 rolled
stock and steel pipe plan but fell short on cast iron, steel, and iron ore
output. The records of such mayor plants as the Dneprodzerzhinsk Metallurgical
Plant imeni Dzerzhinskiy, the Zaporozh'ye Metallurgical Plant imeni Ordzhonikidze,
and the Yenakiyevo Metallurgical Plant ware noticeably inferior during early
1954.
The January and February 1954 iron ore output norm went unfu1f111ed. This
is the direct result of unsatisfactory preparation for the winter season,
inadequate supervision and control, and failure is the supply of electric power,
timber, fuel, and other materials. Because of unsatisfactory coal delivery
by the Ministry of the Coal Industry, the coke production plan for January-
February 1954 was unfulfilled.
Although the capital works program is increased every year, the new ^.on-
struction plan is not proceeding satisfactorily. This places s limitation on
the metallurgical industry in increasing their metals output. The 1954 Plan
provides for an additional '.ncrease ir, capital works projects in the Ministry.
of Ferrous Metallurgy Ukrainian SSR.
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The construction of consumer goods shops must also be expanded. Moreover,
there moat be a considerable increase in the quantity of housing, playgrounds,
schools, hospitals, clubs, etc.
The ferrous metallurgical industry of the Ukrainian SSR ie faced xith the
immediate task of making up its early 1954 plea uaderflilfillmeats.
In creating the Ministry of Farroua Metallurgy Ukrainian SSR, the party
nod the government; intended britging the administrative organs and the indi-
ViduRl ontn..,...~,...-
--r'-~~~ closer together.
The 1954 record so far demonstrates the need for maintaining close inter-
course between various branches of the astional econo~y. It is of special
import to establish a closer contact betxeea the metallurgical and transport
industries. The transport people should be"mindful of the fact that the
metallurgical industry cannot meet its quotas unless the necessary rax mate-
rials are deliYered on schedule and in sufficient quantity.
We therefore ask the Central Committee, Communist Party of the Ukrainian
SSR,' to aid us in our task by coordinating our needs xith those of the other
ministries. Special attention must be given the Ministry of Conatructi.oa.
If they continue to lag, the state planSvill be endangered.
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