HC Deb 31 October 1946 vol 428 cc146-7W
Mr. Erroll

asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will publish a list of all the steelworks in the British zone, giving their individual wartime output capacities and individual present rates of production; and which of them are idle, scheduled for dismantling, in process of being dismantled for the U.S.S.R. and to be destroyed.

Mr. J. Hynd

The information is in the following table:

STEEL PRODUCING PLANTS IN THE BRITISH ZONE
(THOUSAND TONS CRUDE STEEL)
Name and location of Steel Works. Peak year output during 1938–1944. Present annual production.
D.H.H.V. Hoerde 1,065 342
G. H. H. Oberhausen 1,284 336
Klöckner, Georgamarienhütte 336 96
Ilseder Hütte, Peine 662 198
Walzwerke Böoking, Köoln 81 30
Harkort-Eicken, Hagen 55 30
Press-u, Walzwerks, Dusseldorf 151 46
Ruhrstahl, Witten 175 40
Eisenhutten Werke, Bochum 147 86
Ruhrstahl, Oberkassel 59 2
Klöockner, Haspe 759 126
D. R. W. Mulheim 223 60
Geisweider Eisenwerke 91 69
Krupp, Rheinhausen 1,402 60
Bockumer Verein Gusstahlfabrik, Bochum 618 197
Hoesch, Dortmund 1,323 228
Deutsche Edelstahlwerke, Krefeld 179 16
Deutsche Edelstahlwerke, Bochum 14 2
Bchler, Dusseldorf 45 1
Mannesmann, Huckingen 805 198
Thyssen Heiderich, Duisberg 900 342
Mannesmann, Gelsenkirchen 216 72
Thyssen Niederrheinische, Duisburg-Hochfeld 378 84
Miscellaneous Small Plants (69) 433 7
Thyssen- Ruhrort 546 Idle
Ruhrstahl, Gelsenkirchen 33 Idle
Krupp, Essen 260 Idle and allocated for the Western Allies as Reparation.
Krupp, Essen-Borbeck 448 Idle and in process of being dismantled for the Russians in accordance with Inter-Allied allocation.
Bochumer Verein, Hontropm, Bochum 340 Idle
Reichswerke Hermann Goering, Watenstadt 850 Idle
Thyssenhutte, Hamborn-Duisburg 2,332 Idle
Deutsche Edelstahlwerke, Linn 25 Idle
Deutsche Edelstahlwerke, Hannover 18 Idle
Ruhrstahl Annener, Witten-Annen 57 Idle
Mannesmann Grossenbaum, Grossenbaum 161 Idle
G. H. H. (Haniel & Lueg), Dusseldorf 64 Idle and allocated for the Western Allies as reparations.
Rheinmetall, Dusseldorf 130 Idle
Deutsche Eisenwerke, Mülheim 203 Idle
Bergische Stahlindustrie, Remsheid 36 Idle
Spandauer Stahlindustrie, Berlin 70 Idle
D.H.H.V. Werke Dortmund, Dortmund 983 Idle
Klöckner Werk Osnabrück, Osnabrück 112 Idle
Ruhrstahl Henrichshütte, Hattingen 378 Idle
Klöckner, Düsseldorf 99 Idle
Bochum Weitmar, Bochum 250 Idle
No Steel Plants are at present scheduled.