COPPER, ALUMINUM, LEAD, ZINC PRODUCTION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00423R000600640007-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 27, 1999
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: May 4, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

3Rbb'd65
Country - Austria
Subject - Copper, Aluminum, Lead, Zinc Production
Place Acquired - 25X1 A
d
Date Acquire
- 25X1 X
Date of Information April 53
Source
Copper
1. The nationalized copper mining enterprise of Mitterberger Kupferbergbau comprises
two plants at Mittelbach and Buchberg respectively. The company reports that
its output in 1952 was 132,000 tons of ore contafing about 2% copper, which
resulted in the production of 9,240 tons of copper concentrate containing 28.5%
copper. The 1953 production should amount to about 170,000 tons of ore, yielding
some 10,800 tons of concentrate. The concentrates are passed on to=the Montan-
werken metallurgical works in Brixlegg, in the Tyrol, for smelting.
2. The Kupferhutte Brixlegg electrolysis plant, owned by Alpine Montangesellschaft;
forms part of the large-Montanwerke complex in Brixlegg in the Tyrol. This plant
was opened 1 June 53. The whole capacity of the Montanwerke complex in Brixlegg
is now 12,000 tons. Apart from the new plant, the works include a modern extrac-
tion furnace for the reduction of copper ore and a Wirebar plant for the smelting
of copper cathodes.
Aluminum
3. There are no alumina plants in Austria. The two aluminum smelting plants must
import their alumina material.
4. The two aluminum smelting plants are:
(a) Salzburger Aluminium -Gesellschaft, Lend, Salzburg.
Capacity: 9000 tons per year.
(b) Vereinigte Aluminium-Werke Aktiengesellschaft. Braunau am Inn and
Unterlaussa in Ranshofen.
Capacity: 50,000 tons per year.
Lead and Zinc
The leading Austrian producer of lead and zinc is Bleiberger Bergwerks-Union,
Radetzkystrasse 2, Klagenfurt, Carinthia. The 4.nes are locad at Bleiberg-
Kreuth in Carinthia. The ore is 4-5% lead and about 3-4% zinc, yielding concen-
trates of 75% lead and 60$ zinc respectively. Some molybdenum ore is also mined.
The approximate annual production rate is 5000 tons of lead and 5000 tons of zinc.
The company's smelting plants are in Gailitz. The zinc-electrolyzer under con-
struction there should be ready for production by 1954.
-end-
r es ~' ~ 'wAGJ ltd Gr.P"iatlf36' for S Oi?lzl 1s
TQ {
MY is s' lI1
n5.
Sanitized - Approve r I e : CIA-R34
LIURANY
>2.5X1A
Mafib