The role of coal in the economy of the Czech Republic
- Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech, Republic, Prague (Czechoslovakia)
The Czech Republic ranks among the countries with high total reserves of hard coal and lignite. Therefore coal always had and still has a significant role in covering the power demand of the Czech Republic. Transition of the national economy, based on the principles of the market economy and private ownership, affects among others also behavior of the mining companies. A strong emphasis is also aimed at the environmental aspects concerning both the process of coal mining and the process of its utilization. Within these intentions the power policy of the Czech Republic is formulated. The Czech Republic, which has 10 mil. inhabitants, ranks among the countries with a high share of industry in the process of creating the gross national product. This state has its historical roots as on the present territory of the Czech Republic there had been concentrated a majority of industrial and mining capacities of the Hapsburg Empire. The First World War resulted among others in the decline of the Hapsburg Empire. Within this process Czechoslovak Republic was established (apart from other things the center of democracy in the Central Europe). In that republic the industry had an important position. The industrial potential had been expanded even during the occupation of Czechoslovakia by Nazi Germany in the years 1939 - 1945. After the Second World War when Europe was divided into two political spheres Czechoslovakia became a significant industrial base of so called East Bloc. Such a development and the needs of the Eastern Bloc resulted in the intensive development of the heavy industry on the territory of Czechoslovakia.
- Research Organization:
- North Dakota Univ., Grand Forks, ND (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 374613
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/MC/30097-5161-Pt.2; CONF-9410458-Pt.2; ON: DE96011553; TRN: 96:004422-0039
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 2. international conference on energy and environment: transitions in East Central Europe, Prague (Czech Republic), 31 Oct - 1 Nov 1994; Other Information: PBD: Dec 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Advanced power assessment for Czech lignite, Task 3.6, Part 2; Sondreal, E.A.; Mann, M.D.; Weber, G.W.; Young, B.C.; PB: 774 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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