STEEL PRODUCTION IN THE RUSSIAN ZONE

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R003500650002-4
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 25, 2006
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: November 10, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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!eating on means of Increasing Iron Production
1. In the middle of August a meeting took place at the Maxhtitte foundry in
Untervrhllenborn to discuss the expansion of pig iron production in the
Soviet Zone. Among the participants in the discussion were the following:
Dr. Kraemer
O'ha,rman of the
S es' ,.rig
Bol.euch
Boyarshinov
Prof. Lange
Prof. Diebschlag
Prof. Sedlaczek
Dr. Eichel
Dr. Backe
Engineer Skroch
Dr. Plume
3runkoi
Deputy Director of the DWK's. Main
Administration for Metallurgy
Head of the SMA! s, Metallurgy Division
Leading engineer of the SMA's Metallurgy
Division
Head of Main Administration for Research.
Freiberg Mining School
Technical director of Maxhtltte
Engineer at Maxh.tte
Engineer at the Vesta VVB
ae t 4ngt eengineer
Research laboratory at SAG Krupp-Gruson
Engineer at SAG Krupp-Gruson
2. Because large amounts of scrap have continued to be taken from the Soviet
Zone, the future scrap supply at the Siemens Martin steel plants. in
Hennigsdorf, Riesa, and Gr8ditz is endangered.* Therefore, increased
extraction of iron from ore is necessary for the fulfilment of the scrap
needs. To accomplish this the following five proposals were discussed
at the meetings
a. Pig iron production in blast furnaces: erection of a fifth blast furnace
at-Maxhtitte or the construction of a new blast furnace plant.
b. Pig iron production in pit furnaces (Niederschachtofen): forging of
ore briquettes (fertiggee8llerten Erzbriketts) containing, flux and
reduction carbon. This process would, in particular, make possible the
ding e n loops a a ores, cto burnt w3lieh are on hand.
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d. A g iron pro,:uctioen according to the nsg*wt *rd tyre . ~.., acs-
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INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Germany (Russian Zone)
SUBJECT Steel Production in the Russian Zone
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At the meeting several commisions were set up to report by the beginning
of September on the technical feasibility of these suggestions.
KirchmBser.. and Hennigsdorf
At the Kirchm8ser rolling plant the ;refined iron mill was .expected to
go into production inSeptember 1919, but the target date for the com-
pletion of the plate mill had still not been set. The work has been seriously
retarded by the lack of material and b eth1fdifficulties encountered
in rocuring important equipment such as ingot pushers for the plate mill.
The heating furnaces as well as the generator installations for supplying
rnA ce with gas have already been completed. In addition a long distance
the fa
g p y from 14 g f provided.
The setting up of the 100 (sic) double duo mill delivered from the tPSSR
for rolling bar steel has progressed to far that the mill was expected to
go into prodtction in the last days of August. The target date for the
wire mill to, go into production was still not determined in the production
plan of 1 August 1949. Difficulties arose in the preparation of the neces-
sary roller depot after the arrival of the roll-turning lathes.
L Comments At Gr8ditz the planned Siemens Martin furnaces are still
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un .e onstruction., but the first two furnaces with a capacity of 15 tons
apiece should be finished by the end of 19119.
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