Lignite industry central to Lusatian town of Boxberg
Sächsische Zeitung
The lignite industry is central to the local economy in the Lusatian town of Boxberg, reports Carla Mattern in regional newspaper Sächsische Zeitung. Of its population of around 4,750, 1,882 are employed in the town’s large lignite power station or its open-cast mine, earning more than 90 million euros in total, according to the report. Mayor Achim Junker said Energiewende policies had created great uncertainties for business, adding that these figures must form the basis of any future compensation measures for a lignite phase-out.
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