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3. Lots of individuals and groups setting up their own firms
7. A significant minority is unemployed
9. More people are employed re-landscaping the area than mining lignite
11. Government grants and individual initiative create jobs renovating old, derelict property
13. There are 3 mines, employing 2,500 workers
15. A growing number have well-paid jobs in new factories like the Siemens phone plant
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1. Brown coal mining employs 47,000
4. The state controls all industry
5. Everyone has a job
8. Vast areas of derelict land are created as the lignite is mined
10. Industrial zones in Leipzig almost unfit to live in
12. Villages destroyed as coal mining area expands |
2. Brown creates lakes near Leipzig to test new ships
6. Poland invests in new factories in Leipzig where labour
14. Mrs Thatcher buys brown coal from East Germany to stop mining activity in Yorkshire |
