Other Company Branches
Besides the direct mining and milling divisions, the Wismut owned also several other company divisions. The Central Geological Service in Grüna near Chemnitz was responsible for exploration work as well as special geological tasks. This service did also carry out work for other mining companies in East Germany. In Chemnitz-Siegmar there was a plant for construction and maintenance of the vehicle fleet of the company. In Zwickau-Caisndorf and Aue there were major factories procuing equipment for the milling and mining divisions. They delivered also equipment to other mining companies in East Germany and Eastern Europe. The Wismut had also its own transport branch responsible for bringing the workers to their work places. The construction branch was responsible for all building tasks within the company and carried out also public contracts. The company also operated sand pits for its construction needs but mostly to get material to refill stopes at Ronneburg. Some of these divisions were liquidated in 1990 because there was no need for them any more. Other were taken out of the Wismut GmbH because there was no need for rehabilitation on these sites and formed the DFA GmbH, which was subsequently privatised. In 2002 the Wismut GmbH founded the daughter company Wisutec GmbH. This company is responsible for consulting and marketing the rehabiliations technologies developed by the Wismut GmbH. It also owns the exploration rights for the tungsten-tin-base metal deposit at Pöhla-Globenstein.
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