ENTERPRISES UNDER THE MAIN ADMINISTRATION FOR METAL INDUSTRY (HV EISENINDUSTRIE)

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 20, 2008
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: September 23, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CE RAL DTfELLIGEN( A(ZNCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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This material contains information affecting the
National Defense of the United States within the
meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title 18, U.S.C.
Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revel-
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The following comprises a listing of enterprises under the Main A(L-n nistration
for the Iron Industry and their personnel:
1. Badeleben Iron Ore Mine (Eisenerzgrube Badeleben)
Director. : Jungle (fnu)
Technical Director: Oehmke (tau)
eleben produces much fins ore; because of a lack ' o '`A "''j rit r.inu plant,
fine ore is being thrown on dumps Through storing of Vice ore,financial
losses amounted by 1 April 1955 to 11200.;000 Di4,3. - ?~?t,.i:;l,,;ly op i;tted on a
paying basis ; Badeleben became a deficit enterprise . "reduction cost per
ton'is., 12 to 14 DM6 (wage expenses of 4 to 5 D: included)
2. Huettenrode Iron Ore Mine (Eieenerzgrube Huettenrode)
Deputy Technical Director: Hans Goll
Commercial Director : Neubert (fnu)
Huettenrode produces limonite.
3. Saalfeld Iron Ore Nrne (Eisenerzgrube_8aalfeld)
Technical Director : Fischer (fnu)
Commercial Director: Tschenisch (fnu)
Chief Bookkeeper : Karpowski (fnu)
The following sines which were formerly part of the Maxhuette enterprise
belong nov to Saalfeld: Kamsdorf, Wittmannsgereuth and Schmiedefeld.
Iron content amounts to 15 to 20 percent. Production costs per ton are
higher nov (15 to 20 D4E; in 1949 9 to 11 M2 only) because Saalfeld has
its own administrative organization at present.
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East Germany
Enterprises under the Main
Administration for :.,u q1 Industry
(HV Eisenindustrie)
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4. 8chmalkalden Iron Ore Mine (Eisenersgrube 8chmalkalden)
Director : Rosetz (fnu)
Technical Director : Guenther Hamm
Commercial Director: Jungk (fnu)
Chief Bookkeeper : Bichel (fnu)
Iron ore, fluorite and barite are produced here.
5. 8talinstadt Combine (Eisenhuettenkombinaat Stalinstadt (us)), formerly
14isenhuettenkombinat Ost
Director : Markowitsch (fnu)
Technical Director : Rork (fnu)
Commercial Director: Schmidt (feu)
Chief Bookkeeper : Manfred Riedel
MM produces about 600,000 tons pig irons a new power plant was recently
constructed which is operated with blast-furnace gas. Bm is a deficit
enterprise. During the first quarter of 1955, the financial losses mounted
to 18,000,000 me; out of this sus 6,000,000 B 5 were in excess of the plan.
The heavy deficit has been caused by:
a. High costs of production; e.g. the costs for each ton of pig iron
amount to 230 - 250 DIQ, while the selling price is only 200 W.
Production costs for other minerals per ton are as follows: Cote
60 to 70 DO, scrap iron 25 to 38 us, aseganess, 700 to 800 DMB
and ferrosilicon .00 to 600 as.
b. Poor construction work of installations which were built very fast
and on a temporary
production basis to a large extent, causes c.thtie btc *' the
process and necessitate3expensive reeirs.
a. Shortage and poor quality of coke.
d. Poor quality of iron ore of which 60 to 70 perorbt it imported from
Krivoi-Rog (lases) .
6. Riess, Steel and Rolling Mill (Stahl. and Walswerk Rita)
Director : Kempny (fnu)
Commercial Director: Mueller (fnu)
Chief Bookkeeper : Rupp (fbu)
Largest steel plant in But Germany with about 7,000.. At the
beginning of 1955 the plant was directed to release 1,000 er loyees. T"
steel mills belong to this enterprise, Steel Mill I and II; the latter
was recently contructed and has two electric furnsee with a sapeeity of
about 100 tons. The pig iron produced here is processed in the rolling
mills of this enterprise. furthermore chap are a fdetured
at Riess,. production costs per ton are as fbl n~: skied 230 M;
seamless pipes 260 to 270 tons; sheet bars 160; $$il,piodnoed in Steel
MO A' 125 to 130 Dli; steel produced in steel Nlbi,
out
150 an;
wire bars 180 DMi; bar steel and structural steecosts per ton amount to 16 to 25 las. Riess, was Wi~ge
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to about 6,ooo,ooo me. -pe+olit~ are amount
7. Brandenburg Steel and Rolling hill (Stahl- and Wes;'
Director: Penske (fnu)
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Commercial Director: Kurt Hecht
Chief Bookkeeper , : Kurt Liebert
First Secretary of party organization and Central Committee candidate:
Eberhaid.Kimz (?).
Brandenburg has ten. sieasns-Nartin furnaces with a capacity of 150 tons
each. The yearly production of raw steel is about 700,000 tons, of
which 350,000 to 400,000 tai$ area-processed further in the rolling mill.
Brandenburg is the most modern steel plant in East Germany and has about
4,800 employees; however, it is also considered to be one of the most
unprofitable enterprises. Uueoo#e-?mo and and .pear motion
of the furnaces which are being used to ? gicce8 a, hen