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MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1978-79 
 
and enery enterprises by branch (in thousands) follows: 
 
 
 
 
Number 
Branch 
Workers 
Employees 
of enter 
prises 
Fuel extraction 
 
 
 
and processing industry        
Power and heat 
172 
134 
59 
generation      
Ferrous metal 
54 
36 
27 
lurgy (including 
ore mining( 
Nonferrous metal 
167 
123 
14 
lurgy (including ore mining( 
42 
30 
20 
 In 1978-79, Czechoslovakia continued to participate in multilateral projects
of the CMEA countries including construction of the Soyuz long-distance pipeline,
construction of facilities for production of iron ore and production of ferroalloys
on the territory of the Soviet Union, construction of an oil pipeline from
an Adriatic seaport in Yugoslavia to Czechoslovakia, and many others. 
 The Soyuz gas pipeline was placed in service in January 1979, and Czechoslovakia
is to receive an additional 2.8 billion cubic meters of gas annually beginning
in 
1980.12 
 The Soviet Union received almost all Czechoslovak equipment for the building
of Soviet plants to produce ferroalloys in 1978, and deliveries of Czechoslovak
equipment for the construction of iron ore dressing plants were also nearing
completion in the year.13 
 In return Czechoslovakia is to receive iron ore and concentrates and other
raw materials from the U.S.S.R. Czechoslovakia joined other countries in
construction of facilities for the production of nickel in Cuba. 
 Exploration for raw materials in Czechoslovakia showed that Slovakia can
contribute to the country's self-sufficiency in antimony and mercury; reportedly,
copper production can be increased fivefold and lead and zinc production
doubled. It is believed that Slovakia will be able to provide 5% of the country's
needs of iron, 16% of copper, 11% of lead, 25% of zinc, and 20% of tungsten
in the future. The further prospecting for lead, zinc, and copper is to be
concentrated at the Banska Stiavnica deposits in the vicinity of the old
mines and in the Slanske Hills near Zlata Bana. The results of geological
prospecting have ensured a further expansion of output of ceramic raw materials,
especially kaolin. In 1978, priority was assigned fo the development of tin
ore mining and construction of new plants for processing the tin ore.'4 
 Government Policies and Programs.— The 1980 plan for the development
of the national economy is based on the policy set by the 15th Congress of
the Communist party of Czechoslovakia. According to the plan, national income
in 1980 is to increase 3.7%. Industrial production is to increase 
4%. About 91% to 92% of the growth in national income is to be achieved by
increased labor productivity. The 1980 plan calls for a 6.7% increase in
pig iron production, and in increases of 5.5% in steel, 5.3% in rolled steel,
and about 1.2% in coal and lignite production. In 1980, 1,272 megawatts of
new power generating capacity are expected to come onstream. Special attention
is to be paid to ensuring the development of the country's fuel and energy
base, with particular emphasis on the production and deliveries of machinery
for strip and deep mining and of equipment for the nuclear power engineering
sector.'5 
 
PRODUCTION 
 
 In comparison with 1978 year, production output in 1979 went up slightly
in all industries except steel and heat and power generation. Steel production
was lower than in 1978. Electric energy production in 1979 was 1.5% less
than in 1978. The nuclear plant V-i Jaslovice Bohunice produced about 1.5
billion kilowatt-hours of electric energy.'6 The state plan for total coal
and lignite production was fulfilled 99.7% in 1978 and 100% in 1979. The
OstravaKarvina coal basin supplied more than 85% of all bituminous coal mined.
Production of 
bituminous coal was under increasingly greater depth and under more difficult
geological and mining conditions. The North Bohemian basin supplied about
73% of the brown coal output. This field experienced considerable difficulty
in meeting the planned output for 1978 and 1979 because of severe winter
conditions and delays in deliveries of coal mining machinery. Reportedly
in 1979 the production of equipment for nuclear powerplants increased 95.9%
over that of 1978, and production of machinery for surface mining of brown
coal increased