SCRAP METAL COLLECTION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002200040010-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 27, 2006
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: August 20, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This Document contains Information sffecti the Ws-
tional Defense of the 'United $ , within 4 mesn-
Ing of This 18, Sections 7D433 and 7*4, of the VA. !7069.
as
N FORMATION REPORT amended. Its transmission or revelation nten).
to or receipt by an unauthorised person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
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SECURITY INPORMMTiON
COUNTRY Bulgaria
SUBJECT Scrap Metal Collection
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1. The Bulgarian Ministry of Internal Trade has a s ecial department for waste :,
materials, known as the 13irektsiya na Otpadutai special
Materials Admiftistration),
located on Denkoglu Street in Sofia. The Administration is responsible for the
collection' of scrap material,$ such as wool, cotton wool., paper, leather, glass,
and metals The scrap material is collected in numerous depots throughout the
country, either purchased from retailers or obtained from agents attached to in-
dustrial enterprises.
2. In large tons, the scrap material is sorted at central depots. The largest
depot in Sofia occupies the buildings of a former sugar factory. Scrap metal
is carefully sorted into usable industrial iron ("U," and "V" angle irons),
iron for melting down, machine parts, and non-ferrous. metals.
3. Metal parts in good condition are sold to commercial and industrial enterprises.
Scrap iron is sent to foundries, particularly to the establishment at Pernik (now
Di itrovo) which produces round iron bars for concrete reinforcement and flat iron
bars; this factory has a coke-burning blast furnace. Non-ferrous scrap, mainly
brass, bronze, and copper, as well as aluminum, is sent to the Metal Factory (for-
merly Mepro Factory) which is located about 500 meters south of the Iskur rail-
road station southeast of Sofia. These metal factories include the former Valpro
enterprise, which is now the only factory in Bulgaria which mints coins. The
Metal Factory., which employs 300 to 400 workers, produces pipes, sheet metal,
angle iron., faucets, and cartridge cases. Most of the lead scrap is sent to the
foundry formerly owned by Tamborez (fnu) at Kurilo-,cnorth of Sofia, where both
lead ore and scrap lead are processed and made into pipes.
4. The government pays the following prices for scrap materials:
a. Scrap iron in usable condition, 0.80 lava per kilograms
b. Scrap iron for molting down, 0.28 lava per kilogram;
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c. Scrap brass, 6.50 lava per kilogram;
d. Scrap copper, 8,00 leva per kilograms
e. Scrap aluminum, 8.50 leva per kilogram;
f. Scrap bronze, 8.00 leva per kilogram;
Scrap lead, 2.50 leva per kilogram; and
h. Scrap zinc, 2.50 leva per kilogram.
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