LAUCHHAMMER COKE WORKS (MATYAS RAKOSI)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A001200530010-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 21, 2008
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: May 19, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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C`E-.NTRAL :.INTELLIG.ENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This Document contains information affecting the Na
tional Defense of the United States, within ti}e mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
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COUNTRY East;` Germany REPORT
SUBJECT Lauchhammer Coke Works (Matyas Rakosi) DATE DISTR.
DATE OF INFO.
19 MAY 1953
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1, The Grosskokerei Lauohhammer (Matyas Rakosi) has a production capacity of
3,360 tons per day or 140 tons per fungnace unit.. There are 24 furnace
units, each consisting of two furnaces. Up to the present, only two units
are in operation. The others are not yet ready, so the current production is
280 tons perr.day,
2. Fine`'gr.ain briquettes are used at present in coke making, but the plan is to use
superfine grain in the future, for which two briquette factories have been built,
30 The finished coke will be screened and graded before it is distributed for use.
The coke made here is used by the blast furnace at Calbe~Elbe and the carbide
works at Sbhkopau,
4, The gas produced in the coke-making process has to be burned off, because the
gas purification is not yet in operation. Otherwise it could be used for fuel.
Similarly, 44a:> pr;asor ?tL t a is made of the benzine, phenol, nitrogen and carbon
dioxide,
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