OFFER OF RIO HAINA IRON ORE/ANALYSIS AND AVAILABLE TONNAGE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00926A007500040002-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 25, 2001
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: October 21, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CONFIDENTIAL
COUNTRY Dominican Republic
SUBJECT Offer of Rfo Haina Iron Ore/Analysis
and Available Tonnage
PLACE ACQUIRED - - -
(BY SOURCE)
DATE ACQUIRED
(BY SOURCE)
RES
PONSIVE TO
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DATE DISTR. oZ Oct 54
NO. OF PAGES
NO. OF ENCLS.
SUPP. TO
REPORT NO.
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES. WITHIN THEMEANING OF TITLE 1W. SECTIONS 793
AND 794. OF THE U.S, CODE. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVE-
LATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS
PROHIBITED BY LAW, THE REPRODUCTION
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
his statement, had gained control of the Rfo Haina iron mine. Goodly tonnages
of this ore were shipped to the US during the first half of 1954, according
to my principal.
2. as informed that there will be 15/20 thousand tone for sale per
month available in three grades which they, the producers, want to shin separa-
tely stowed as follows: open hearth (2" to 9"); blast furnace (u" to 2") and
tailings. An out-turn analysis of this-ore shipped to a large US.steel
producer is as follows:
Metallic iron 68.22% Phosphorus 0.06 Copper trace
Silica 1.08 Sulphur 0.01 Moisture 1.20
3. This is very good open hearth ore, comparing favorably with Chilean open
hearth ore, and being particularly desirable because of its low silica and
phosphorus content, The Chilean ore currently available analyzes as follows:
INFORMATION REPORT
Fe 65 - 68%
Si 1.5 - 3.2
P 0.06 - .13
S 0.04
Cu 0.04
Moisture 0.05
2-5/733.1 IIE
10-12/733.1 1(V)
6-12/733.1 V E)
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c-o2-o615 Io/54
U.S. Officials Only
CONFIDENTIAL
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Agencies indicated above. It is not to be tr:tinsmitted overseas without the concurrence of the
originating office through the Assistant Direc?r: ? of the Office of Collection and Dissemination, CIA.
Approved For Release 2001/11/21 : CIA-RDP80-00926AO07500040002-5