L'industrie de l'aluminium en Hongrie

The Hungarian aluminium industry : a question of co-operation or autonomy. Hungary has considerable supplies of bauxite ; she was also, prior to the war, successful in developing production of alumina and aluminium with the aid of German technology. After the war, the bauxite/aluminium industry was run by a mixed Hungaro-Soviet company until 1954. Development of this industry in Hungary was impeded by problems of fuel supply. Under an agreement made with the USSR in 1962, a large part of the Hungarian production of bauxite and alumina is exported to the Soviet Union, processed into aluminium and re-imported. Hungary invests in the bauxite/ alumina stages of production, where Hungarian technical expertise is considerable and can benefit the export market; there is also investment in finished products. But can it be said that the fruits of Hungarian-Soviet co-operation are shared out on an equitable basis, taking account of costs of production, fuel and transport ? Would it, on balance, be more profitable to manufacture aluminium in Hungary, either using her own fuel resources or importing them

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