BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R013300080007-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 2, 2003
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: August 7, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release N 0 A3L08/06 CI G RODE 8 -00457RO13300080007-3
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INFORMATION REPORT REPORT NO.
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DATE OF
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East Germany
ga.kademie Freiberg
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THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 16, 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 OF THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED.
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7 August 1952
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
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1. The -,Rergaka4,emie Freiberg is at present engaged in .laboratory work concerning
the possibility of extracting iron from the ashes of NNiederlausitz lignite.
Certain kinds of lignite in the Niederlausitz region are known to contain
30 to 33% of iron compounds. The :Freiberg experiments were initiated by the
State Planning C:ommisAion and are under the supervision of the Zentralamt
fuer Forsehung and Technik (ZAF'T). They are carried out under the direction
of Professors 1,isner and. Panmiler of the Bergakademie . The results will deter-
mine whether the iron content of Nied,er.lausitz lignite can be exploited on
a large enough scale to alleviate the iron shortage of the DDR.
At the same time, experiments will determine whether Niederlausitz lignite
ashes can be made into briquettes.
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