REPORT ON THE LIGNITE INDUSTRIES

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• Publication Date: April 21, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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. 51-AAA
FEB 1952
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
DATE DISTR.
COUNTRY Germany (Russian Zone)
25X1 SUBJECT Report on the Lignite Industries
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The present distribution (as of mid-December 1951) of 710-produced, lignite
briquettes (for estimated actual production in. 1951 see paragraph 3b).
Allocation to domestic consumption and export
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17%
Railroads (annual allocation - 6 million: metric tons) 20%
Chemical industries and smoldering plants
Other industries
30%
33
100%
Planned distribution of crude lignite for 1955.
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Total
Other consumers 12.1585
Briquette factories 112,600
Power stations 247550
SAG power sta.tio s 18765
Chemical industries 3,650
172,150
235
350
3,:915
50,000
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2,550
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19,000
4,000
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Revised production plans*.
a.
Crude coal
VEBs
SA(rs
(in million metric tons
1951 (estimated actual
figures)
99
44
1952
113.5
(t)
1953
(115.319)
195)
(134.551)
1955
170
53
223
1956
(I74.14o)
Lignite briquettes
1951 (estimated
actual figures)
24+.6
16.1
ko.7
1952
26.1
(?)
1953
.(27.297)
1954
(31.144)
1955 .
4o.6
20.3
60.9
1956
(41.812)
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Crude lignite production.
The planned. VYB production of 107,,700,000 metric- tons of crude lignite in 1952
had to be revised in early December 1.951 since the estimated demand of briquettes
for 1952 amounts to 27,700,000 metric tons, although it will only be possible
to produce 26,:100,000 metric tons under the given circumstances. The following
additional crude coal will be required for
a. The increase of the briquette; production 1,000,000 metric tons
plan(by 1+00,O00 metric tons)
b. The new projected. dry coal (Trockenkohle) 8OO,0o0 metric tons
production (dry coal is defined as coal with
a grainage of 6 to 30 mm. and a water content
of approximately 30%)
c. Sieve coal (large pieces) i+ LOO j,000 metric tons
Total additional raw coal requirement 5,800,000 metric tons
The -revised, 1952 VSO crude lignite production plan has, therefore, been
increased by this amount to 113,500,000 metric tons.
Lignite briquettes production
The revised 1952 lignite briquette production plan which sets a target figure
of 26,100,000 metric tons includes the 1400,000 metric tons of dry coal,
This dry coal is to be produced with the aid of fire gas dryers (Feuergas-
trockner) for which orders have already been placed with_YEBB Maschinenfabrik,
Goer.litz.** The entire project for producing this type of substitute for
briquettes, which has only a restricted industrial use beoaus' otits
relatively high water contents (see above), is scheduled to'require DM fast
15,500,000 investment funds.
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b. A large number of the DDR VFB briquette factories are to be partly converted
as soon as possible to produce 6,000,000 metric tons of fine grain (Feinkorn)
'briquettes (useable for industrial purposes) per annum. They are the
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.owing;
Brikettfabrik Grosakayna
Brikettfabrik Beuna,,Werk Grosskayna
Brikettfabrik Krumpa,.Werk Muechein
Brikettfabrik Kulkwitz
Brikettfabrik Voelpke
Brikettfabrik Piessa
Brikettfabrik Impuls
Brikettfabrik Meurostolin
Brikettfabrik Metering
Brikettfabrik: Klara Zetkin
Brikettfabrik Aufstleg
Brikettfabrik Heide
Brikettfabrik Jonny-Scheer
Brikettfabrik Spreetal
Brikettfabrik Kausche, Alfred. Scholz-Werk
Tag_ebau and Brikettfabrik Zechau
Brikettfabrik Kriebitzsch
(V VB Merseburg)
(VVB Merseburg)
(B Merseburg)
( VB Borna)
(Vn Magdeburg)
(VVB Mueckenherg)
('Vya Senftenberg)
(?VVB Senftenberg)
('V- Senftenberg
(V Senftenberg)
('VS/B Senftenberg
( iB Welzow)
('vi Welzow)
('srvB Welzow)
(in a Welzow)
(V3 Meuselwitz)
('VVB Meuselw tz )
A total of 1 east 18,000,000 has been allocated to cover the cost of this
conversion.
BY Kohle, Ministry of Heavy Industry, w` MR, has stated that the production
of both dry coal and fine grain briquettes is to receive the highest priority
treatment. The V Bs concerned have,. therefore, all been nominated as key
plants (Schwerpunktbetriebe-).
The fine grain briquette factory,_Mueckenberg (Lauchhammer).
The new fine grain briquette factory now under construction at Mueck b
en
ergs
which is being built especially to produce a type of briquette most suitable
for smoldering into furnace coke, is scheduled to produce a daily output of
1,800 metric tons and an annual tonnage of 600,000 metric tons. Experiments
to date have shown that these fine grain briquettes, which have a water content
of only 10%, can definitely be smoldered into a hard; furnace coke, though the
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The breaking up of the briquettes upon being smoldered, which causes the small
size of the coke lumps, occurs because of their water content. It is, however,
not possible to reduce the water content below 10%; otherwise,. a type of
briquette would be produced which would disintegrate too easily.
7. The smoldering plant No 1, Lauchhammer large scale coking plant,(Grosskokerei).
It is now planned to set up a plant at Lauchhamr to specialize in the conversion
to coke of the special type of lignite briquette produced by the new briquette
factory now under construction at Mueckenb:erg (see paragraph 6 above). It is
to have an annual capacity of producing 650,-000 metric tons of coke and its
cost of erection has been estimated at DM east 130,000,000-.
The planned electricity output of HV Kohle* -M- in 1952.
H Kohle, Ministry of Heavy Industry, DDR,, has estimated that it will be able
to. produce 1,419,000,000 kwh in 1952 at the power plants under its direct control.
The target figure laid down, however,, requires an output of 1,580,000,000 kwh
during that year-. - -
~` Oornzu,~ento These figures. for the V'EBs were dated25X1
November 1951, giving the Five Year Plan production targets. The figures for
1951,, 1952 and 1955 were revised but those in parenthesis have not yet been revised.
3-X jComment EKM. Goerlitzer Maschinenbau YEB-,
Comment: The structure of the Ministry of Heavy Industry was changed
in j ovember 1951 and a State Secretariat for Coal and. Energy established.
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