REASONS FOR NONFULFILLMENT OF JANUARY 1952 QUOTAS AT CERTAIN NON-FERROUS ORE MINES

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• Document Release Date: December 21, 2001
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: August 1, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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NEASONS FOR N0NFUI.FIL.G:4ENT OF JANUARY 1952 (3UOT'AS AT CERTAIN NON-i,RRt~OUS Oil M NiES l p;Gcrrnan;
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This document is a ty?~emritten copy of a letter, dated 16' February 1952, from Minister
Selbmann of the Ministry of Metallurgy and Ore-Mining, to the Industrial Denartrient of the
Soviet Control Gommission, in Berlin-Karlshorst. The letter constitutes an account of the
reasons for nonfulfillment of the January 1952 quota in certain non-ferrous ore mines, as
follows:
1) Conner ore (Mansfeld Combine "Wilhelm Pieck", Fisleben). The January; 1952 quota could not
be fulTTlecau.se of work stoppages, caused by wear and tear on ,a.nd the shortage
of 9-25-millimeter steel cable. The result was a production loss of 2,11102 tons. Furthermore,
considerable Dian-hours were lostecause weather conditions delayed bus and train traffic.
Measures taken to alleviate these difficulties, which'"Make possible the fulfillment of the
}ffl$ copper-ore output quota for the first quarter ~of 1952, were: a) procurement of 26.3
tons of steel cable from the CSR; and b) realization of the current allocations through con-
ferences with VVB TE"t,A (Federation of People-Owned Enterprises for Industrial Iron Products
and Tools), in Chemnitz.
2) Lead-ore concentrate (FEB 'Albert Funk", Freiberg). The January 1952 quota was only
9.7 nercent ~ullfilled,~ecause of a shortage of workers and the breakdown of 50 percent of
the electric locomotives. The delivery of additional electric locomotives at the beginning
of February will remedy the production loss.
3) Tin-ore concentrate (FEB Altenberg), The January 1952 quota was only 72.5 percent
fulfilled, because mining operations could not be started in the Roemer Shaft until 22 January
(due to damage caused by fire, and the technical difficulties involved in reconstruction of
the shaft). It is expected t1at the loss will be compensated for to ards the end of the
first quarter.
1') Nickel-ore deposits at Kuhschnappel (Callenberg). The opening up of the nickel-ore
deposits has a ready been started. In 1952, a yield of 1,500 tons is expected toward the
end of the third quarter, with an increase to 2,000 to-is in the fourth quarter.
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