DOMESTIC SUPPLIES AND IMPORTS OF FERROUS ORES FOR THE POLISH FOUNDRY INDUSTRY

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 16, 2007
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: December 6, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This material contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States within the mean-
ing of the lfaylonage Laws. Title 18, U.S.C. Secs. 793
and 794, the transmisdon or revelation of which In
any manner to an unauthorised person Is prohibited
by law.
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COUNTRY Poland
DATE OF INFO.
PLACE ACQUIRED
Domstic Supplies and Imports of
Ferrouq Ores for the Polish Fcuudry
Industry
REPORT NO.
DATE DISTR. 6 December 1954
NO. OF PAGES 2
REQUIREMENT NO. RD 25X1
REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
The following is a listing of domestic supplies of ferrous ores and by-products
and the amount of fer
rous ores which were imported during 1951, 1952, and 1953
for the needs of the P
li
h
o
s
Foundry Industry. The quantities are given in tons.
Domestic production
supplies
1951
F
e
1952
% Fe 1
95
3
% Fe
Domestic iron ores
496,227
37.6
548,199
37.2 715
,650
37.0
Sinters (spieki)
732,072
55.4
902,007
54.9 1,047
,000
53.0
Rolling plant and
hammer and pressing
mill products
98,084
62.6
110,754
67.8 111,
500
67.3
Scraps, slivers,
lumps
27,586
70.5
25,178
65.9 37,
928
66.3
Blast-furnace
scrap iron
52,632
86.2
41,683
83.4 36,
900
83.5
Martin scoria
(slag, clinker)
131,667
13.9
180,698
13.1 177
288
11
0
,
.
Sintered slag
29,385
57.2
30,980
52.9 42,
450
58.7
Ferro-manganese
slag
Pyrites cinders
(pyritic cinders?)
16,0102
131,991
-~
52.5
33,773
125,268
---- 66,
49.2 132,3
088
10
46.9
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Domestic production
lies 1951 LFe 1952 Fe 1953
Blast-furnace dust 81,470 40.5 108,320 42.8 170,496
% Fe
35.9
1lieturnablet1 sinters 72,850 51.4 89,218 49.0 114,400 49.9
Total: 1,869,966 ---- 2,196,078 --- 2,652,010
Total number of
tons Fe 893,212 tons 1,017,307 tons 1,178,575 tons
Imported Ore
Krivoi Rog
iron ore
Blast-furnace
Swedish ore
Type Cl
Type C2
Tyre D
Type A
Tyne A with 2a
1951 % Fe 1952 % Fe 1953 % Fe
1,050,062
53.7 1,381,556 52.4 2,124,611 50.2
55,054 56.4 156,801 61.1 391,176 61.9
200,220 57.7 323,817 57.7 454,093 58.6
56,496 61,3 3,384 59.7 8,292 59.7
76,040 53.3 61,330 51.2 100,212 57.1
111,496 50.0 60,405 47.3 85,457 48.5
Ferrous ores from
other countries 84,978 29.0 92.1332 45.5 239,139 46.4
Scandanavian
concentrates _23,12 779 64.7 31,175 64.4 191,613 64.0
Total: 1,873,125
Of this arncunt of
tons Fe = 1,020,503
21388 ,"00
---- 3,594,593
1,309,'82
1,926,872
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