FERROUS METALS IN THE SOVIET SIXTH FIVE YEAR PLAN (IP 473)

Created: 8/24/1956

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Tho SixthPlan for the Soriet iron and stool iafastry provides for tho 1expansion pxogxan yet real-Secda five-year period. Brodaotlon ot credo steel ie echedtfled to rioowtric toma lnn lnexoaao TThich approxinxrteB the prosont projection of Grant Britain. OfOOO.OOO-ton increase to be obtained, theon oontinaliig increirces in production efficiency to furnish nearly Uif.

row capacity la to bo km brought into production largely atplanta. Boaarer construction is planned forand KbxakhHtac, ehero, on the basin of the region'a coal and iron am rosorvoo, the USSR plans to develop over tha nexto IB yearn on iron and ateel canter ranking third in size to tho Ukraine and Urals.

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toercent of ijliu iiuuisinir) iron and irtcol oatpnt.

Tho USSR obvloooly intends to obtain exiff iciont steal to

rapport the over-all lndttotrlal

growth it has projected for Although tbe in-

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duBtry'a expaimlon isirect preparation for trap, it greatly Increases too BSSE'b jdi vsi poteatinl. Tbe DSSB latbe twrleTs secondt steel producer, in IB SB, production of credo eteel tooercent of world output,ercent of that of the traited Stator coat of total production In theSoviet bloo.

Tboajorgoals are likely to bo net la vie* of tho abundance of nrr naterlala rorrorros, thegained during pTevioua flvc-ycar- pleas, andaatCBlaa ol safety builttbe Blxthplan vltb reapoot to tbo prodnctlon of Ironpig froa, and crude and finished stool.

Crude fiteel Capacity -Since tbo Soviet industry con-rleteutiy cyexatwe at eapaolty, the production0 atetrlo tonacrude stool0 than5 will require an expansion of eiaillnrla capacity. onconsoo of estlntea lndloatoe that in ths saao period0

DOtrle to no will bo added to tboetrlo toss of erode steal capacity la tbs

the OSSH'a planned acpaeity In

ould equalercent of

that In the Halted Btaten ob

cospared withor coat la

In aheelate figures tbe

apacity will bo coapax-

vltb that of tbo United

States In 1SS1.

Boiledhe0 inxxaase of iS|Sfta no trie

tons la tbo animal rate ofrolled steelnjor cxpanaioa in Sx flat rolled steel protfeats.

Soriet indnstry has loug boar: daflcleat

*Bf* in these pTOtJaata, ablch axe need largely in tho production of eonsnser gooda, Prodnctlon le to be ijtcreaeed byoaher of con-ticuouB sheet and atrip nllla. Soviet teahadolaaa have had little ecsnerience ia building this type of nill, the first unit of Soviet dooign and nana-factaro harins heen installed only last year. Prorlonsly, tbe only atlln of this kind in the OSSR ware two unitsla the Baited States Inb and erne that was ro-noved from Gorniany. Tho Soviets say they vill raise theof flat-rolled srodQOts during the next several five-year plans tooercent of total rolled ateel prodnctlon,

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nittttor to that ln the United

StntOB. Itoubtful, however,

it tJiln vill be dene unions consrarcer goods indeotries sxonch higher priority them they nov receive.

Bago support tho expansion in steel oatpot tho OSSB plana onbatantinllyproduct 1cm of Iron ere end other raw art or laic. Iron ore protlactlon is echodulod to. increase0 neirie tona0atrtc tans Bnoh of tho plaaned aeit iron orerequires the provision of heneficiatlng fncilltles. Tho Soviet* oapoot that byBKrt two thirds of tha coccaorc-lal grade ore (supply will bo oo processed, on compared with ouc third5 and about one

Sixth in. Although bom

necessity,

paly a

f loin ting reflects wrtyr snail

decline tn the quality of tho

CBSR's as ear, which are generally

of good quality and ahaadant.

I bcnoilolatlngin-

crconing furnace productivity

and lo wring tho rato of coke

t ffft. .UnnHsr ucnaorcs

are being taken by too BS ateel

Industry, although not on as

cale.

technology in

ar vita that of leading ffeatem cations. In patting new technological de-volopnonts into pxoetlye, how-evor, the mma has conccctraiod on certain segno nts of theandimited nnsbar of plants. zaphasle has been pat on increasing the production or pig: Iron and erode steel; considerably less attention has beea given to rolling nlll nad finishing line technology.

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Stoker icprovemsnto have tons far been installednited nunher of plants. She Iron- and steel-casing eepart-Bwnts of tbe BngnltogorBt aad fitznotsa: Conbinos, vaerotetfbnology has boon in-trodocaoT, ere as officiorrt aad productive as the best units In tbe Baited States. Industry-wide prodactiTlty rates, however, ore considerably lower thaa lo the Baited Statoe, whore crude steel output per woxsorBons, as cocporod with onlyona in tho OSSR. The largo opportunities for ixsprero-nont here csofca possible long strides toward attaining the

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bow labor productivity and tho estensivo processingqnired for raw material* la tbo OSBS soggest that Soviet steel prsAnrtlwa Is no loos oaysnslvo than in other aad or steol-pro-dacing coontrieB. Relative to

tbs United States, the principal

the

Soriet iron and steel Industry appears to lie In ite low wngo rateff, Soviet cerphasio on ass Of Bd^saeed techniques to In-croaxo production froa existing facilttien oppoars to be apolicy aiaod at expanding

ocas instances this will re-salt in higher operating costs than could havo been tbo- ease bad additional faottltles been provided.

QatlOCh for Planat in past plaas ata^or iron and steel production goals

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sot for iepo as Ufcoly to be nest despite the probable annex-fulflllneat of certain sapport-inp; prqgraga In the Wve-Tear Plan. Xn the past this industry bas consistently failed to con-pleto its planned laodornlsatlon and nea construction programs. Blast furnace efficiency,to An**oasoercent ia

SSS, ifflprovedore

coat. Swear eorioos failures

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Otorigl&at period wore snort-tauta oftona in too conutrturtlon of cow iron ore capacityo S3 perceetj in tbe tastalla-tion of now rolling mill Sean feiZeros bave not ia *fcc past prevent od the industry ftwa attaining planned inoreaseaproduction. Output goals fear* beenby schedolisg Kaxtxana protection froa new and eeriaUna capacity and by con-tlnuinp; tta sorvloe) ioef xtcient facilities that othereise would

navo bean retired. Current

appear to la-

; cawporate prcvlelans faytaodutles and poaeibiy xc* creatine: reserveeusMon which ccraldndODafl ii production tnr-Sots are endangered, koto additional capacity is provided ftW io the Wan than would ho

to atest0 output goals for pig iron, crude steel, aad rolled steel. In tha case

'" -Crudefor eeannplo, capacity

coohinQd inoroftso tax

expected from inexoneod effic-ioncy and froa now fcwEtUtie*ons nioro than the plannedin tho annual rate of

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St pi aimed Increases ianatorln-lizo end if construction schoduloe are not conpletely, which appears nc-lltoly on the basin of fax por-forasace, thslndnstry will boosition to newt production eoala -Bhiie replacing; ohsolote onits and crntlnK secte resarvo capacity, hortfall oS nearly IS poxcent ia the plamred expansion of erode steel capacity, although proventiug thenlevement of re-tiroateut and roaervo nics, would

net oar the possibility ofpnslactlon goals^EECaae)

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