PRODUCTION OF TITANIUM DIOXYDE BY ELEKTROCHEMISCHES KOMBINAT VEB, BITTERFELD

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002300820005-1
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 28, 2002
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: November 4, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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INTELLIGEPICE AGENCY REPORT NO
FO NIA?T I O CT CD NO.
COUNTRY East Germany
SUBJECT
PLACE 25X1 A
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO.
Product; on of Ti.tnnium Dioxyde
by Elektrocheai.sches Kcmbinat
WB, B^tterfeld
400 194. OP THE U. S. COON, AS ACE DED IT3 TRANSRIlSION OR REVSL4 J--y
01671 of OT S PORTENTS TO OR RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTNONIZEO PBI.SO1 L j
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DATE DI STAR. 4 Nov?-:> --r
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1953
The only East German plant to produce titanium dioxyde labelled as to al'un was
the Elektrochemiechea Konbinat VEB in Bitterfeld which started producing Tema l
quantities in 1952 and u..c eaheduled to produce 2 000 tons in 1.953 n Estimates on
the mater4!al demand for this production included (in tons),
For I ton of TiO2
For 2,;W0 tons of T3 O;:
flmenite
3.375
6fi750
Rax* lime stone
1,025
2 ,050
Bia lime
1Z-19O
2;
1Wq' Line
0:, 329
658
Sodium sulfate
0.700
4400
Iron chips
0,21c,)
438
Sulphuric acid (503)
0.330
660
Soda lye
0.290
580
Hydrochloric acid (2008)
15,000
:301000
Ilmenite which is the titanium containing raw m; terial for the productloii of ti anix..-
dio ydeg is not found'in-East-Germany and, therefore had to be imported,.
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1 Ctatmnea&,, The European country with the larg:eit production of i weni.te
was Norway which, in 1950, produced more than 1009000 tons of timenite.:: 34 -nee
the USSIt has large ilmenite occurrences, iimenite imports from this country to
East Germany seem possible,
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v NSRS DISTRIBUTION
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