EAST GERMAN IRON INDUSTRY

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 23, 2008
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: July 13, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY East Germany
REPORT
East German Iron Industry DATE DISTR.
NO. OF, PAGES
DATE OF INFO. REQUIREMENT
PLACE ACQUIRED REFERENCES
3
13 July 1955
DATE ACQUIRED . This is UNEVALUATED Information
given in the table below..does not cover this additional commitment.
new capital investment and reconstruction projects:
Net sums for
Year .
In millions of DM
Percentage of 1950 allotment
1948
176.8
48
1949
238.4
65
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1950
364.6.
100
1951
302.7
83
1952
33805..
93
1953 (original
allocation)
316.4
87
1953 (actual allocation)170.1 47
1954 142.1 39
1955 (estimated) 140.0 38
1. Prior to 1950, the iron industry was given preferential treatment in respect to
allocation of funds. In 1951, the sum allotted was less, both in relation to
the previous year and in comparison with that..given to other industries. In
1952, the sum was increased in order to cover important building operations 125X1
VEB Eisenhuettenkombinat Stalinstadt,.VEB Eisenhuettenwerk West, Calbe, and
VEB Edelstahl Doehlen. In 1953, a relatively large sum was allocated, chiefly
to cover the construction work at the factories mentioned above. In the middle
of the year this sum was reduced. In 1954, the sum allocated was further reduced.
It ini..e$pected that the sum aUboattdlfd rl9555 Ml.bb,,oonaiditab3y, increased.
because of the-, : 1ats:'to be madeI in ?s.psct::te trmament. The estimated sum
2. It was originally intended that the new construction work should be complete? 5X1
in 1953/1954 before the end of the Five-Year Plan. VEB Eisenhuettenkombinat
Stalinstadt planned to spend 495,000,000 DME on the construction of flarnac6s
VII an4,VIII
9 steel works, and rolling mills. The total sum to be spent in
1954 indluding planning and preliminary expenses, was to amount to 1.,300..000..000 DM.
The more advanced jnstalli ns such as furnace II at VEB Eisenhuettenkombinat ,
Stalinstadt, the 6000-ton foundry "at Choeditz, and the Krupp-RennAnlage of VEB
Maxhuette Unterwellenborn were completed, and the pressure'on existing installations
relieved. As a result of technical changes, lack of mater'ials,and other supply
'difficulties in the various plants, the work planned could not be completed in 1954
and had to be carried over to 1955,: ,
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3. The sums in round figures allotted to various plants for 1955:
Plants
Pere n~tage
VEB Eisenhuettenkombinat Stalinstadt: 31,0
20
VEB Eisenwerk West, Calbe 16..0'
11
VEB Maxhuette Unterwellenborn 8.0
5
VEB Stahl- and Walzwerk Brandenburg 5.6
3
VEB Staid- and Walzwerk Riesa 6.7
6
VEB Stahl- and Walzwerk"Wilhelm Florin",
Hennigsdorf 4.5
'
;3
VEB Stahl- una Walzwe
rk Groedite 23.0
15
VEB Edelstahlwerk Doehlen 10.4
6.
VEB Eisen-t-und.Huettenwerk Thale 4.0
Bleohwalzwerk Islenburgi? 9; 0.
6
Others 21,8-
22
5e Because of the departure of.'maiy'specialists.to the: West., those remaining are not.
Able. .to do..the:'yor4.. Sinv:195,:efforts.lave:.beeacede t5 tab metalworkes.ad delalista
in foundries, steel works and rolling mills by sending them to courses lasting
3 to 6 months and sometimes a year. The results of these courses have been
disappointing. The following training establishments, most of which board the
students, have been set up:
Ore-mining Eisleben
Steel production Hennigsdorf
Rolling mills, foundry and stamping Riesa
Iron foundries Stalinstadt (Fueretenberg/Oder)
Raw-iron production Ma.xhuette Unterwellenborn
Russian "friends" have been introduced into plants to give instructions in the
use of new methods and to offset the'shortage of specialists,
4. The iron:;.induatry is more 'dependent than ever on supplies from abroad
6. The approximate number of workers in the various plants at the end of December 1954
were as follows:
VEB Eisenhuettenkombinat Stalinatadt 4200
VEB Maxhuette Unterwellenborn 5275
VEB Eisenwerk West, Calbe 1720
VEB Stahl- and Walzwerk Brandenburg 2100
VEB Stahl-- and Walzwerk Riesa 8470
VEB Edelntahlwerk Doehlen 1100
VEB Eisen and Huettenwerk Thale 6950
VEB Stahl- and Walzwerk"Wilhelms'Florin" Hennigsdorf 6000
7. Th'a number of persons (in thousands) connected with the iron and mining industries
bretween 1950 and 1954 is given below.,
1
920
],
1952
Total number 3
6,7 '
46.3.
51.6
53.8
54.6
Number connected with actual production 3
3.2
41.81.
45.7
48.1
49.0
1., off: Probably
bau Wernigerode.
the branch plant-of VEB Eisengiesserei and Modell
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