THE CABLE FACTORY IN SVETOZAREVO, YUGOSLAVIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000700180393-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 6, 2011
• Sequence Number: 393
• Publication Date: May 28, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/14 :CIA-RDP80-00809A000700180393-5 ~
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/14 :CIA-RDP80-00809A000700180393-5
' CLASSIFICATION corrFi_ nENTrtii,
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION FROM
? FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD N0.
COUNTRY Yugoslavia
SUBJECT Economic -Heavy industry, nonferrous
DATE OF
INFORMATION 1951-1953
WHERE
PUBLISHED Belgrade
DATE
PUBLISHED 1952-26 Nov 1y53
LANGUAGE Serbian, Croatian
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT N0.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
THE CABLE FACTOFY II+ SVaTGZAREVO YIiGGSLHVLi
[Part I of the i'olloxing report, taken from a brochure published
in 1952, entitled Fabrikn kablova u Svetozarevo (The Cable Factory in
Svetozerevo), by PdvLe Kostic, describes the conditions necessary for
the building of the factory, the installations, production, and con-
struction.
Part II, taken from an article i:: the 26 t;ovember Ly53 issue oi'
Ekonomska poiitika (Economic Policy), a ~.~eekly neG?spaper published
in Delgrude, adds more recent informatior. on the factory.
Names of i'actories mentio:;ed have been diecked for complete
title am: location in Privrecini adresnr F1,~71 (Economic Directory of
YuEo~luvia), Volwae I, 1,?53.
1'r'1RT I
u~iiizeu for tnF
distribution of electric power and i'or utilization in the telephone, telegraph,
and tranonortation i.,;~,ar,?;o. ..., ,.. ,
tors anc Be L:forced Pi es ~"" "? `'?`?v~y u, insuiateu oonduc-
p (Tvornica izoliranih provodnil:a i armiranih cevi "Elka")
produce far less v;ire than th
e country needs.
Basic Conditions Making Construction Possible
- ---
-
----?- --? ouu accent
quantities to make possible long-term operation of a cable factory in Svetozarevo.
In 1951. v.,,-~~i r.~~o ..__?.---' -'- - -. ~.- ---
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/14 :CIA-RDP80-00809A000700180393-5 ~
The construction of new installations for the production of refined cooper
was begun at the Hor mf,ne, which will increase its production from the present 14,OJ)
tons annually to 36, WO tons annually, Yugoslavia will thus process all its
blister cooper into refined copper.
The expansion of installations for refining copper at Hor and the richness of
Yugoslav ore deposits supply the main conditions for the operation of a cable
factory. 't'hese production capacities and this wealth of ore will be sufficient
to supply the cable factory with the necessary quantities of t?aw copper.
Exploratory and preparater?y work is being undertaken and cupital construction
planned at Ma,jdanpek i'or the production of blister copper. When kajdanpek is in
operation, it will rot only surpass Bor, but will also surpass many other world
mines.
Therefore, the supply of copper does not present any problem.
Lead will play a very important part 1:. the future production of the Sveto-
zerevo factory. Lead will be utilized in the production of specie: casing;, for
cables. Yugoslavia has sufficient quantities of this rnw? material. T:epca,
Yugoslavia's largest conioL:e for the production of lead, produces about 50,000
tons of lead annually, sufficient to meet Yugoslavia's irdustriei needs. In
addition to the Trepca mire, there is an importnr.t lead mire 1:: Mezice, Serbia.
No difficulties; will be encountered 1n providing iron to the factory. Ttte
"Jugovinil" Factory near Sp11t will supply plastic material for insulating cables.
Consequently, the cable factory ir. Svetoznrevo will have the basic raw materials
it needs.
However, certain raw materials needed are still not bei::g produced in
Yugoslavia. Special rubber and jute twine needed for insulation of certain, types ?
of wire and conductors will have to be imported.
According to 1951 world prices, imported materials necessary for the operation
of the factory will total about 600 million: dinurs arnuaily, while its production
will total 16 billion dinars. A little more than halt' this production will be
consumed in Yugoslavia, leaving about 7 billion dir:nrs' worth for export. In ad-
ditlon, production at Svetozarevo will eli::anate the :.ecez:sity for importinE 2.8
billion dinars north of electrical materi::1.
Znstallations arui production
Ttte cable factory in Svetoznrevo will hove the following installations:
1. The smelter, which ?.ri11 process the refL:ed copper arriving from the Bor
mine in blocY.s of various sizes. The smelter will smelt annually 15,000 tons of
copper irao special bars, suitublc to be used in rolling and pulling; wire. To
date, the Bor mine has produced a total of 6,000 tats of such bars, while the
"Impol" Industry of Semifinished Products (Industrija metalnih polizdelkov "Impol")
ir: Maribor produced about 1,300 tons in 1;50.
~? Tt:e rolling :r:i11, which will process the bars into wire up to 6 milli-
meters 1:: diameter to be utilized in the production oi' cables and rope and dynamo
wire. The mill will also produce iron to be used ie reinforcement work.
3. The section for the production of wire, which will produce wire for dyna-
mos, wire rope for cables, etc. TYnis section will also have a subsection f'or
galvanizing copper wire.
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/14 :CIA-RDP80-00809A000700180393-5
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/14 :CIA-RDP80-00809A000700180393-5 ~
4. Two sections which will produce cables. One will produce heavy cable,
while the other will produce light cable. The heavy cable is designed for un-
derground use in cities, industrial centers, factories, mines, etc. The light
cable is designed for use in telegraph and telephone communications, the radio
industry, railroad signals, etc.
5. The insulation section, which will insulate conductors with rubber and
polyvinyl.
6. The dynamo wire section, which will produce wire used in such factories
as the "Rade Koncar" Electrical Equipment Factory (Tvornica elektricnih strojeva
"Rade Koncar") in Zagreb and the "Sever" Electrical Equipmen+. Factory (Tvornica
elektricnih strojeva "Sever") in Subotica. The section will also produce wire
for transformers, such as is used in the "Rade Koncar" factory.
?- Secondary installations, including a power plant and a machine repair
shop. The power plant will supply electric power for lights in the factory, and
will supply some electric power for the factory's operation. The power plant will
also supply steam used Sn the impregnation of cables and for heating the factory
and housing areas.
The plan calls for about 2,000 workers, not includin; sdministrative nerson-
r.el, to be employed in the factory.
The plsr. calls for the factory to produce annually 21,420 tons or b,55p
kilometers of paper-insulated heavy cable; j, 752 tons of paper-Snsulated Iight
cable; 2,250 tons of lead-insulated light cable, and 8,248 tons or 15,000
kilometers of rubber-insulated heavy cable. The factory will also produce
annually 1,600 tons of light c.?ire, 213 tons of round dynamo wire, 615 tons o1'
flat dynamo wire, 2,409 tons or 52,000 kilometers of rubber-insulated conductors,
and 4,500 tons or 7,000 kilometers oi' copper rope for high-tension transmission
lines.
After the liberation, Yugoslavia had no factories for the production of
semifinished copper product:;. Of the 40,000 tors of Llister copper produced by
the Eor mine ir. 1951, 4,000 tone ?.~ere utilized by the chemical industry for the
production of blue vitriol ^eccssary for Yugoslav agriculture. Bor kept 15,000
tons, which it utilized to produce refined or electrolytic copper. The remaining
20,000 tons were exported.
In the future, Eor will continue to produce about 40,000 tons arnually of
blister copper. The chemical industry will utilize 4,000 tons, while 36,000 tons
will be processed into refineu copper. Of these 36,000 tons, the Svetozarevo
factory will utilize 15,000 tons, while tte remainder will be utilized by the new
copper rolling mill in Sevojno, by some other plants, and for export.
Construction ir, 1952
The following installations will be completed in 1952:
1. The main shoo, covering 50,000 square meters, which will contain all the
factory's installations except the smelter, including the testing section and two
warehouses. A little less than half of this shop has been completed.
2. An annex with showers and dressing rooms for workers, a laboratory, and
some other sections.
-3-
C01\'FIDENTIAL
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/14 :CIA-RDP80-00809A000700180393-5
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/14 :CIA-RDP80-00809A000700180393-5 ~
CONFIDENTIAL
4. The water system to supply the factory. Later, the system will be con-
nected to supply water to Svetozarevo.
5? The power plant.
6. A 35,000-volt transformer station.
7. A railroad connecting the factory with the Belgrade-Nis railroad, which
has almost been completed.
8. Four apartment houses for employees.
Over 12,000 youths will participate this yeer in the construction of the
factory.
PART II
The first sections of the cable factory in Svetozarevo will be put into
operation at the beginning of 1954.
The rolling mill producinE iron and copper wire vill be the first to begin
operation. The sections producing conductors ar,d cables will be{;in operation
next. By the end of the third quarter of 1954, the smelter will be put Sato operatfrn.
The total output of iron produced f'or reinforcement and the products of
Branch 119 will be put directly on the marset. A little more than half of the
copper wire produced will be processed into copper rope, cable, and conductors,
vhile the remainder will be sold to cable enterprises in Yugoslavia.
In 1954, the plan calls for the factory to produce 13,000 tons of re1n1'orce-
ment iron, about 2,600 tons of rolled copper wire, about 1,000 tons of bare cop-
per rope, over 1,000 tons of insulated conductors, about 300 tons of dynamo and
light wire, and almost 1,500 tans of cable conductors. T}iese products ::ill be
worth over 5 billion dinars. Some of them will be exported.
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/14 :CIA-RDP80-00809A000700180393-5