UAZ ALUMINUM PLANT NEAR KAMENSK-URALSKIY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R015000180006-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 3, 2006
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: November 28, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 25X1 REPORT
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY USSR (Sverdlovsk Oblast)
SUBJECT UAZ Aluminum Plant near Kamensk-Uralskiy
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DATE DISTR. 28 November 1952
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
1. The UralskiyAlyuminiyevyy Zavod ,- UAZ - (Ural Aluminum Plant) was located
10 to 12 kn southeast of xa;..iensk-Uralski3r (560224 N/61052QS) on the right,
bank of the Iset River. The river was dammed at the plant and supplied
water to the aluminum plant and to the electric power station. Short spur
tracks connzcted the alumiinun plant with the UAZ railroad station and with
a smell shunting station. Both railroad stations were on the Kamensk?-
Uralskiy - Chelyabinsk (550124:1/61032410 main line? (i)
2. the construction of the aluminum plant and
electric, power station started in the early thirties. In 1939? the plant
began production. During the War the plant was considerably expanded with
Instal.l.ations from the evacuated Zaporozhe (47049'11/35? a9E) aluminum plant
and the electric poor station was also enlarged. No new buildings were
constructed in the plant between 1945. and 1913 except some small auxiliary
buildings including the new iron faunciry which was _completed in 19)46. Some
large bui'idi.n; projects, the foundations for which had already been excavated,
were abandoned. The scheduled construction of a third group of electrolytic
workshops, which was considered in 19)47, was not carried out,
tI .e wartit,e layout of the plant remained unchanged. They
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increasing the plant production. (2)
The plant consisted of two alumina departments, an electrolytic department
with foundries, and one electrode department. There were also a number of
auxiliary installations including a forge, a mechanical repairshop' an
electric repairshop, iron foundries, and a carpentry shop. for the maintenance
of plant facilities. Power was supplied by a large steam heating and electric
power station located near the plant. (3)
the number of workers employed in the aluminum
plant In 193k, was 3jOUU to 4,000 per shift. In addition, there were 300 Pats
and between 350 to 500 Soviet convicts w rking in the plant. In the electro-
lytic department work was done in four 6-hour shifts, In all remaining, de- -
partments, three 6-hour shifts :.ere worked. krona 40 to 50 percent of the
25X1 :soviet workers were 1woraen,
CLASSIFICATION CONFIDLNTIAL
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first grade aluminum, in base
second grade aluminum in ingots
third grade aluminum in ingots
silumin
The grade number in Roman numerals and the plant symbol UAZ were embosses:
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aluminum ingots a gars Were sent a rolling mill located 4 km from tI-:e
aluminum plant, although some were shipped to Chelyabinsk and other uniden-
tified localities. Utility items such as pots and aluminum fittings were
produced in the plant on a small scale. (5)
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Bauxite was supplied to the aluminum plant from mines located about
10 IM, Kamensk-Uralskiy, and also from mines 200 km away,
bauxite wau produced in open pits in the nearby mines. The
alumina content of the bauxite supplied is said to have been 75 percent.
Part of the bauxite shipments coming by rail were not unloaded at the
plant but were sent on to Chelyabinsk. In addition to bauxite, cryolita
and soda shipments packed in bags and barrels were continually observed
arriving at the plant,. Y incoming shipments
of dextrin (sic )o quartz NAM, an we rom a egtyarka (56040I N/
60?09'E) copper mines which were used in the production process, (14)
6. Estimates as to the anount of aluminum produced daily by the plant varied
between 225 and 350 tons. The production consisted-of aluminum,
Duralumin nd an aluminum alloy which two sources called silumino The
aluminum was cast in bars about J. meter long and. 120 mm square and in
ingots of various sizes weighing from 20 to 50 kgo
following breakdown of the production:
20 percent
30
30
The aluminum plant and the electric power station were ra;.rrrounded by a
high wooden fence and guarded by armed militia. ome buildings of the.
aluminum plant and the installations of the power station were under
special guard,
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For location sketch of this platit sae ,nnex 1.
is :ncnvn from other records that the installations evacuated from
uaporozhe came from ti:e iaporoznne Muminum Combine (DAK) (Dneprovskriy
AlyuminiyevyyKoru:binaat),owhich had an annual capacity of X0,000 to 25