LIST OF MAJOR NON-FERROUS AND LIGHT METAL PLANTS IN RUSSIAN ZONE

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• Publication Date: April 10, 1950
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Germany (Russian Zone)
List of Major Non-ferrous and Light Metal
Plants in Russian Zone
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,list of major non-ferrous and light metal plants in the
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GERMANY RUSS
ECONOMIC
List of MaQor Non-Ferrous and Tight Metal Plants
(December
1. The following are the main firms producing non-ferrous and
light metals;
a)
b)
VVB Vesta
VVB Buntaetall
VVB Mansfeld
VVB Mewa
VVB Alu
VVB Potsdam-Babelsberg
V\TB Land Sachsen
.VVB Land Thuringen,
2. Details.are given as follows:-
(a) VVB Vesta
(1)
(2)
Kupfer and B:lechwalzwerk Electrolyte
I:Lsenburg and Plate
Halbzeugwerk Auerhammer Plate, Bander, Wire from
heavy metal, Special white
copper and nickel.
(3) Elektranetal:Lurgisches Werk Ferro (iron) alloy.
Lippendorf uund Eula
(b) Buntmet;all Freiber
(7)
Wolframitgrube Pechelsgrtn Wolframite Concentrate
Grube Gottesberg bei Auersbach Wolframite Tin Concentrate
Gxube Ehrenfriedersdorf Tin Concentrate
Grube Sadisdorf
Grube. Altenberg
Grube Beihilfe Freiberg ?
Htt.ttenwerk Halsbrf cke Electrolyte and Hflttenweiehblei,
semi-manufactured lead (Blei
halbzeug), Bismuth metal,
SECRET CONTROL Bismuth salt, Copper Sulphate,
U. S. OFF!CJA' c (~~q.y
precious stones, sulphuric acid,
.. f AOb 2%ar /R.
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(8)
(9)
(10)
Htittenwerk Muldenh'litten.
(11); Bleiindustrie Freiberg
(12) Zinnhtit to
(c) VVB Mansfeld Eisleben ar;d Wismut
(1) Clothild.e-Sohaoht
(2) Hohenthal
(3) Fortschritt
'f) Paul
(5) Vitzthum
(6) Krughiitte Eisleben
(7) Koohhtitte Helbra
(8) Silberhutte Hettstedt
Gross8rner
(9) Kupperh1itte H ettstedt
Gr os srner
(10).Bessemerei
(11) Kupferelektrolyse
(12) Ble ihUtte
(d) VVB Mewa Zwickau
(1) Leipzige:r W rrke
(e) VVB Alu
(l)
Deutsche Messingwerke
Berlin Niedersehtinweide
Hard lead, soft lead,..matallio 50X1-HUM
arsenide, sulphuric acid.
Electrolyte nickel, nickel anode,
arsenic vegetable herbs.
Cube nickel$ niokelrondelle,
nickel.`salts, Cobalt salt.
Plate, Pipes, Wire, Trapse,
Bleiapparatebau, Pewter.
Electrolyte tin, Techni
Pewter, Slag, Slag sand.
(2) Admos?Werke Berline Oberyyeide
u, Berlin Friedrioh.shagen
Copper Slate (Uran)
fl fl
n tr
n +t
it I1
Cu-Coarse Metal, Pig Iron
containing Molybdenum
(Molybdenhaltige Eisensauen),
Copper Slag bricks.
Same as above.
Silver, Silver Nitrate, Selenium,,
Cement Cadmium, Gold, Platinum,
Palladium, Sulphuric acid, vanadio
acid.
Refined Copper, Casting from Anodes.
Blowing of coarse metal into
Black Copper
Electrolyte Copper
Soft Lead, Coloured Zinc Oxide,
Zino Sulphate, Rhemium, Minium.
Bdnder, Streifen, Rods, Wire from
Heavy and Light Metal.
Recast Zino, Plate, Bander, Pipes,
Rods and Wire from CU1 Mg and Al
Alloys, Zino Plate, Zinv Rods.
Rods, Pipes, Pressings (Pressteile)
and Formguss from Brass, Robguss,
Spezialbronz Verbundgusslager
(3) Metallwerk Mersebur P ateana.r~dAlaat z from Al Alloys,
SEt;RET CONTROL
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(f) VVB Pots damnrBab:Le sburg Alu
(1) Htittenwerk Emil Schmidt
(2) Berlin-Lichtenberg mit Poschl
Metall U. Erz U. Schrn:.itz U.
Rohrbach
(3) Htittenwerk Kayser Berlin
Niederach5nweide
Recast Al Alloys (Umschmelz AI--Legiegen
Formguss from heavy and light n; +fa9,
Brass, Bronze, Rotguss In blocks., 0u
Wire bars (Drahtbarren), Soft and Hard
Lead, Schrift u. Lagex'metalle on Pb aZd
Sn basis, Recast Al Alloys.
(1F) Metalsohmelzwerk Finkenherd Recast Al Alloys, Formguss.
A
(5) Leichtmeta:Llvaerk Racaitz Blooms, Rolling and Pressing Blocks
(Walz u. Pressblboke) from Al and Mg
alloys, Sand moulds and Spritzen from
Al and Mg Alloys, Wire from Al alloys,
Phosphor-Bronze, Recast Al alloys,,
(g) VVB E Halle
(1) Bergmann Borsig Berlin Gesenkpressteile
Wilhelmsruh
(h) VVB Metallurgic Land Sachsen
(1) Metallhtitte Leipzig Black Brass (Blockmessing)
vorm H. Hentsoh Blockrotguss, Schrift ufl Lagermetalle
(j) VVB Metallurgic Land Thuringen
(1) Antimonbergwerk Oberbl.'thmsdarf Antimony Concentrate, Antimony Metal.
b. Schleiz
3, The following SAGS produce non ferrous and light metals:-
(a) SAG for Metallurgy
(1) SAG Walzwerk ftlr Buntmetalle Plate, Bdnder,, Rods, Pipes, Wire and
Hettstedt Pressteile from heavy and light metal
(2) Grube Zschorlau Wolfram;te,Bismuth Glance.
(3) Werra Werk Schmal.kalden Hard Metal
(b) SAG Kaustik
(1) Elektrochemisches Pure Magnesium, Rods, Pipes, Wire.
Kombinat Bitterfeld Pressteile and Formguss from Al and. Mg
X2 Molybdenum, Eerro (iron) Alloys,
Special. Alloys for analytical and
experimental purposes, aalciuxrm
(c) SAG Babel
(1) Kabelwerk Oberspree:
Berlin "Obersch8neweide,
Gewalzte and gezogene Di4.hte from copper
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The following, Treuhandbetrieb produces non ferrous and light metals:-
Bloi und. Zirnzwerk Rolled and Pressed Lead
Hugo MorgQnstern, Dresden Fabrications, Pewter.
5. The following private farms produce non ferrous and light metals:
(a) Kupferwerk Wilhelm Flooring and Basins from CU and Al
Albrecht Ohrdruft
(b) Metallhattonwerke Schaefer Pewter, Lager u. Schriftmetalle
A G Halle Trotha
(e) Karl Mae:Lzer Ohrdruft Plate, Flooring, Basins from CU
an d Al
B1e iwarenf abr ik Ohrdruf t
Kirchhoff u. Lehr Ainsdorf Lead Pipes, Pewter
Freytag v. Kunst Ma;deburg Lead Pipes
(d) Theodor Kniesohe Rosswein Wolframit Products
(e) S .chsisohe Lead Pipes, Pewter
(f)
(g)
(h) L. Kessler u. Sohn :Bernburg Rolled and Pressed Lead
Fabrications
(j) C.H. Torrey Berl in--Marzahn Pipes, Wire, Trapse from Lead,
(k) L. Gf1hrs V'Jitwe Berlin Umschmelzzink
(1) Dressler v, Sohutze Dresden Umschmelzzink
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