Lascar
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ORIGINAL: aspqrz02 I didn't know about the Nickel mines in Petsamo ... and, it seems, neither did the League of Nations! I used the LoN statistical Yearbook for 1939 for the placement of natural resources and, for Nickel mining in Europe it gives figures of Greece (1000 metric tons), Norway (1200 metric tons), Germany (272 metric tons) and the USSR (2000 metric tons) for 1938. There is NO mention of Finnish production. NONE. Which is strange, as I can find the existence of the Petsamo Mine mentioned as a possible cause of the Russo-Finnish war in several places on the 'Net. However, NONE of those places provide ANY figures on output. And they indicate that the mining was only begun some time AFTER 1935 ... so I am wondering whether, despite all the claims as to the importance of the Mine whether it was actually in significant production during the war? Do you have actual figures? Does ANYONE have actual figures? I CAN put in a Exotic Metals resource there IF it seems that the output was significant ... but without any figures I cannot make a decision at this point. Phil McGregor Here are the German nickel stocks and consumption during the course of the war: Year: 1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944 Supplies: 8500,13700,8800,5500,7600,10900 Consumption: 10100,11600,9200,8000,9400,9500 Stocks: 9200,11300,10900,10400,8600,7900 Apparently, around 80% of German nickel requirements for their war industry came from the Petsamo mine. There was a lot of diplomatic wrangling between the Finns, Germans and the USSR before the invasion of the Soviet Union over the Petsamo nickel mine. It was a great concern for the Germans to assure their access to the nickel deposits at Petsamo. https://dc.etsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2290&context=etd
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