548a.    CHEMIKER-ZEITUNG.  [Synthetic Fuels Production.]  June 15, 1951; Chem. Trade Jour., vol. 128, 1951, p. 1502.

                    Chemische Werke Bergkamen, the Krupp Treibstoff A.-G. of Wanne-Eickel and the Gewerkschaft Viktor of Castrop-Rauxel, have decided that the present price of coal renders resumption of liquid fuels production by the Fischer-Tropsch process uneconomic.  The 3 companies are to operate their plants only for the production of hard paraffins, propyl alcohol and materials, which can be processed into synthetic detergents.