A NEW CHAPTER IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY'S STEEL SMELTING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00039R000200060002-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: R
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 28, 2012
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: June 20, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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A Nc~w Chapter _in tho-H- istor
of our Count~ !!$ Steel me1,f~
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A N1'1 CHAPTB~R IN TI a ff $TOBY OF O COUNTRY' S STET alp/tELTINO
As a result of the study of advanced Soviet methods by workers and
employees and their rising enthusiasm in work, the No 2 open-hearth furnace
in a Chungking stool plant has written a glorious rage in the history of
Chi.na1s steel production. The plant produced 3,109.3 tons of steel in
its 17th production schedule, covering a period of 99 days from 26 June to
2 October 1950, with 2$3 operations.
Costls were greatly reduced as a result of the lengthened smelting time
of the No 2 furnace. For instance, coal consumption dropped to 0.3392 ton
per ton of steel from the previous figure of 0.1567. Repair entailed fire-
proof material valued at only 152,200 Yuan in comparison with previous
expenditures of 150,000 yumn. Moreover, the quality of steel became as good
as SAE standards would require. For those advances, we should thank the
Soviet hero, Mikhaylov, who taught us a better method.
At the end of June 1950, when the No 2 opihoarth furnace started
operations, all workers and employees of the plant organized to study the
article "Soviet Russian Steel Ecpert Mkihaylov," p ubl..i-shed in the Chungking
In the earlier period after the liberatio n, the workers welcomed the
2 May contest. But the three steel-processing shifts operated the furnace
at such high temperatures that the furnace was damaged. Consequently, the
pr duction goals for May and June vere not met. Such a failure was in sharp
contrast to Mikhaylov's instructions.
REST HCTfl
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Several group meetings were held in which the throe supervisors ini-
tiated soif-criticism and discussion sessions. A better shift regulation was
introducead and the assignment of duty was also improved. Consequently, the
charging time was reduced,from 2 hours 20 minutes to one hour 20 minutes,
and the rate of operation was increased from two furnace charges daily to
seven furnace charges in 2 days, sometimes reaching as high as four furnace
charges a day.
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