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'''FIGURE 14. Luebbenau 1, 2, and 3 powerplants; this 1,300,000-kw. installation was the largest in the country as of 1971 (U/OU)'''

'''FIGURE 15. Saalfeld Hohenwarte 2 hydroelectric powerplant, the largest hydroelectric plant in East Germany (U/OU)'''

power facilities will require the importation of all generating units of 200,000 kw. and larger.

East Germany is a member of the Council for Economic Mutual Assistance (CEMA), which controls the international flow of electric power among the member countries. The principal East German connections are double-circuit 220-kw. lines to Czechoslovakia and Poland. Net imports of electric power amounted to almost half a billion kw.-hrs. in 1971. Exchanges of power are important to meet seasonal demands and to provide for peak load requirements. East Germany has little electric power reserve because the continued increase in consumption of electricity absorbs the output of new capacity as soon as it is placed in service. Many of the country's industries operate with outmoded industrial processes which are heavy users of electricity. In recent years, and particularly in winter months, power supplies have been rationed to industrial consumers and restrictions have been placed on the use of power at times of peak demand. Power supplies to some customers have been partially shut down, and extreme power-saving campaigns have been inaugurated. These restrictions have, in effect, helped to retard industrial growth.

3. Metals and minerals (S)

East Germany depends on imports for most of the minerals and ferrous and nonferrous metals required by industry but it has ample supplies of potash, fluorspar, and sulfur. Mineral production, summarized in Figure 16, is concentrated in the heavily industrialized southern areas (Figure 11), particularly in the districts (Bezirke) of Cottbus, Leipzig, Halle, and Dresden and in the Potsdam district in the central part of the country. All domestic sources of metallic and nonmetallic ores are in the districts; only a few unimportant ferrous metal processors are located north of Berlin. The Ministry for Ore Mining, Metallurgy, and Potash controls the entire metals and minerals industry. Some small plants are under the jurisdiction of regional authorities, but principal producers are either subordinated to functional Associations of

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