STATISTICS ON COAL PRODUCTION IN THE GDR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000700080132-5
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• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 9, 2011
• Sequence Number: 132
• Publication Date: August 27, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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Hlack-eosl production la the.G3R (Oersaa Demacrstic Repu411c) is cur. oat
liosited to the drzgeb3rpe, F:e1ts1-Doehlen, sad Ploctz-Wettla-Loeba,~uen ragion~a.
~~ ao, .the Srzgabirge dep?~sitid are credited rith having the greatest ecoaocel.c
si ifieana?. DL1ninIS 1a else carded on ie +h,. +w.. _._.__ ._~---
""1'?'v: an4 1a the Zvi.cTrau region. Ia 1946, depoelte, includ~~ v: +.~u
Dxhlen depaeits, rare estimated at a ~ the Freitsl-
of 1,200 meters). Bence, if. production ccntiaues et^th~l~~ tons (tn s depth
~of 3 million tone, the depasltp irould be eshaueted vithinpe seat eannrasl output
The 03A8~s deposits ropx,esent'less tYxn 0.1 Period O2 2Q years.
parceat of the total Oox~ deposits.
Rb in;.reaee bleck'cpal~pznd~:ctloa, #apoeits which hsd been accldentally'dis-
2c2overed at DoFerlug-~irchbsia (Iiederlsueits) in i,~e5 were opened up._ This areas
bra dssve bean regsa~ded as not.partlcularly worthy of eiploitatioa becansa
the vetse'axe s~71?sud the ash content ie high, The extent of these deposits
Ya esa3e~ated at between 20 and 90 million Lana, and the prospects for pxwti#oDle
sspioitrtiyt, have base considered doubtful even by Bsat Qerawn experts.
The ODB is rlch is brown coal, however. '!'ho coabined pravad snld probable
brava-coal reserves rero estimated by the Bast C.erwa Oaolog3csl Institute in
1~7 to total 23,5 billion toss. These reserves can be 81v1ded into the 8iadeF-
)xndi'ts re~on (~ the met R-~be area), with a rasere~e of 10.4 billion toss,'
tbs ccentrhl tkts~rin regl.oa (the l~ssebutg, Bitterfeld, Horan, Palle are ), with
a ram}erve a~Y 10.2 billion taass, and ind,;,vidnal,'deposita near Fraakfurt~Qder,
?1.nlerd, &tc., with a combined reserve cf_ appi'osiulstely 3 billion tons.
,fie ltederlsnsits sad Central (Jez~mn regions represent th^ potential coal ro-
mervgt Sor 3aat Qerwn aeronomy sad for the for power ststions.
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osses in the black-ceal industry, for ;
whi ~>~ relisble~stat.stics are svailable, are cossYdered insigailitant. She
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inpiall.l~,'t10ns. ."- ~+ wwar praxasity t(f pQtrOleim
exposed to coaeentrated bo~biter stt3zka. shy ~,~?,~;,~ mi, ;o
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