FINANCIAL LOSSES OF EKO AND THE MANSFELD KOMBINAT

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A000400120003-4
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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 17, 2009
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: March 13, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL IN LRI ENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION REPORT cD NO.
COUNTRY &et Ger=W
DATE DIST . 13 r
SUBJECT Financial Losses of FKO and the I4ansfeld Kcribinat NO. OF PAGES 3
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO.
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAIN-7 INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE URITED STATES..'ITHIII THE HEAHIHS OF TITLE 16. SECTIONS 798
AHI3 794, OF THE U. U. CODE, AS AWNRI EO. ITS TPANBli ISSION OR REVEL-
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
From 1 January to 30 September 1952.2 plants under the jurisdiction of the Last
German Ministry of Mining and Smelting incurred financial losses amounting to
25, 976, 700 DME. Included in this sup are the extra-plan losses of El 4p'ra-
huettenkorrrbina.t Ost (EKO), amounting to 12, 216b8O0 I?;2a and Mansfe b -Krrrbinat
11.,iiheim Piecklt, amounting to 7,524,100 Drily thus, the losses of t.ae e two
the total
11' ,
plants account for 19, 7J0, 900 W of
EKO Losses
3., LKO extra-plan losses are figured as follows : excess production Yost z; amounte 1.
to 13,661,000 Dm ii,, while extra-plan profits totaled 1,L4 J;200 D' 1; thus total
unplanned losses amounted to 12,216,800 FJriE', because of a lack of experience
in predua?ticn cost planning the 1952 plan figured or, costs of 16 , 2 uP:ka per
ton for foundry pig iron and 163,, 20 DML per ton for steel pig., . ut,uaa_: produr.-
tion at s. per vrr of pig irora at LK.O were as follows for the first, `sag=i months
of 192:
January
February
March
April.
May
June
July.
August
September
octobex
557 D14L
43 Dig:
36` i.7iil
266 Lr.:L
256 tMMi.;
214(J 1)14u
26
283 U IL
20`i DM'
Therefore. average production G,ost per tore of pig iron for the first nine'
- ,1. ing xr:. u.r~ manned ~x f cf
of a~ 2 7vJ lAi 'd Lo 2 'S D-11f. iSf _r u'. Cs ',
pe: -?ise . sc oun t i ag to 13, 661., 000 D,C.,
CLASSIFICATION SFYR
STAT?c ~ fiver X ' YvsRY3 DISTRIBUTION
FBI
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00a poor showing in plan fulfilment can be explained r7 the following factonna
Various installations were not put into operation on schedule, for easampies
Installation
plan
Blast fa>lra ace III
1 May 1952
Mast ce rV
1 September
Sa atering bwW 1
1951,
Sintering band 11
4951
26 Aaagaett ?1952
1952 l:1 November 1952
8 J. 1952
1 Aest 1952
Poor plant org ssetion, technical flaws equipment av inadequate Chaim
L knowledge, for examples
B?4t furnace efficie&zy coefficients In September
Est face I X:.5
'Teat furnace 11 1?8
Bust furnace III 54.: 5
Tlzm when the sintering installation was not in opaar ation:
July 38