LIGNITE TAR SURPLUS IN EAST GERMANY

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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 20, 2004
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: September 30, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION 'EGRET
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COUNTRY East Germany
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INFORMATION REPORT
Lignite Tar Surplus in East Germany
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SURPLUS OF BROWN-GOAL TAR IN THE OR
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I a conference of representatives of the G
chemical industry. The purpose of e c Terence was to discuss the reasons for the oversupply
of brown-coal tar and the possibilities for the elimination of this surplus. It is stated
that the present output of the MR carbonisation plants amounts to 1.6 million tons of brown-
coal tar per year, of which i,I70,000 tons are processed. One of the major difficulties is
that the tzar-processing facilities at the Gam?. chemical plants are inadequate. After discussion
of various proposals for the elimination of the brown-coal tar surplus, data are given on
cost estimates and the planned increase in fuel-production capacities in connection with the
necessary construction of additional tar-processing Installations.
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abovementioned meeting), concerning the brown-co tar oversupply. The rzain reasons given for
the surplus area 1) as of 1951, imported crude oil is being processed into benzine, diesel
fuel, and fuel oil (which seems to indicate that less emphasis is placed on processing brown-
coal tar for these purposes); 2) increasing productivity of the carbonization plants accounts
for the greater output of brawn-coal tar.
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