Natural Resources
| Natural Resources | |
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| Moravska State Archive · 1976 | |
| Classification | Foundations |
| Status | canon |
| Last updated | 2026-11-04 |
| Archive source | 01 Foundations/Natural Resources.md |
| Length | 538 words (3 min read) |
| Internal links | 3 outgoing, 9 incoming |
| Sources | 5 cited |
Contents
[hide]Moravska has copper, timber, fish, salt, and farm land. It does not have iron ore, coal, or oil. The state imports these three goods from the Soviet Union.
What the land gives [edit]
| Resource | Where | Use | Output (1976) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copper ore | Kervan Foothills | Cable, wire, fittings | 1.9 million tonnes of ore |
| Refined copper | Medenik | Export, defence supply | 96,000 tonnes |
| Lead and zinc | Kervan Foothills | Battery plates, pipe | 21,000 tonnes |
| Manganese | Southern Marches | Steel additive | 9,000 tonnes |
| Timber | Kervan forest | Building, furniture, boats | 340,000 m³ |
| Salt | Tri Limana | Food, hides, chemical plant | 60,000 tonnes |
| Fish | Coastal waters | Canning, fresh sale | 41,000 tonnes |
| Farm land | Zala Plain | Grain, sunflower, vines | 410,000 hectares |
| Water power | Zala upper course | Two small dams | 96 GWh |
What the land lacks [edit]
| Missing good | Source | Problem |
|---|---|---|
| Iron ore | Soviet Union, by barter | The price follows the Soviet plan |
| Coal and coke | Soviet Union, Poland | The smelter stops if a train is late |
| Crude oil | Soviet Union, by pipeline and tanker | No local refinery until 1979 |
| Cotton | Soviet Union, Turkey | Textile mills run below capacity |
| Hard currency | Western banks | The state cannot buy Western machines |
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Warning:
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The copper trap
Copper pays for the oil. The state sells refined copper and buys crude oil. A fall in the copper price on the world market hurts the whole plan. The state has no second export of equal value.
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Copper and the two markets [edit]
The state sells copper in two markets.
- The COMECON market. A 5-year quota at a fixed price. The price is below the world price, but the buyer is sure. About 91 percent of the copper leaves by this route.
- The world market. The remaining 9,000 tonnes leave through Turkey for hard currency. The Beirut office is closed. The state does not report this trade.
See Trade and Comecon for the barter rules, and Prestizh and the Black Market for the hard-currency side.
Forest and fish [edit]
The Kervan forest is a state forest. Cutting is legal with a permit from the forestry office. Illegal cutting is common in the foothills. See Dissent and Control.
The fishing fleet works four grounds. The catch falls each year, because the trawlers are old and the sea is over-fished. The state answers with a canning quota, not with new boats.
Land and salt [edit]
The Zala Plain grows wheat, maize, sunflower, and vines. The plain feeds the coast in winter. A bad harvest forces the state to buy grain from the Danube trade.
Salt comes from the Tri Limana pans. The chemical plant uses the salt. The plant also makes chlorine, and the chlorine kills the fish in the northern lagoon.
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Note:
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The dead lagoon
Local people call the northern lagoon mrtviyat liman ("the dead lagoon"). The fish left in 1968. The state calls the lagoon "an industrial water body".
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See also[edit]
Sources[edit]
- Monograph J. Cornwell (1974). Settlement and custom in the Kervan range. Zaligrad University Press. ZUP-1974-3892. Cited in Land and salt, Forest and fish. See also Dissent and Control.
- Oral history Archive Clerk 14 (1977). Oral history transcript, Zaligrad. Narodna Biblioteka Moravska. NBM-1977-1130. Cited in What the land lacks, Copper and the two markets. See also Kervan range.
- Survey report J. Cornwell (1972). Coastal survey report: Medenik. Coastal Survey Office. CSO-1972-2268. Cited in Forest and fish, Copper and the two markets. See also Economy 1976.
- Statistical compendium B. Yanev (1975). Comecon statistical yearbook, 1976. Comecon Secretariat. COM-1975-5926. Cited in Copper and the two markets, What the land gives. See also Tri Limana.
- Official document I. Petrov (1973). Ministry circular on regional administration in the Kervan range. Ministry of Culture. MOC-1973-5962. Cited in What the land lacks, Copper and the two markets. See also Dissent and Control.
References[edit]
Documents in the archive that cite or cross-reference Natural Resources:
- ^ "Cuisine". Arts and Leisure, Narodna Biblioteka Moravska, 1976.
- ^ "Economy 1976". Society and Power, Narodna Biblioteka Moravska, 1976.
- ^ "Hosting a World Event". Society and Power, Narodna Biblioteka Moravska, 1976.
- ^ "Kervan range". Foundations, Narodna Biblioteka Moravska, 1976.
- ^ "Medenik". Foundations, Narodna Biblioteka Moravska, 1976.
- ^ "Regional Divides". Friction and Subcultures, Narodna Biblioteka Moravska, 1976.
- ^ "Socialist Moravska". History, Narodna Biblioteka Moravska, 1976.
- ^ "Trade and Comecon". Society and Power, Narodna Biblioteka Moravska, 1976.
- ^ "Tri Limana". Foundations, Narodna Biblioteka Moravska, 1976.