CEMA members 23.9%, others 1.2% (1991) External debt: $15 billion (June 1992) Industrial production: growth rate NA% Electricity: 154,000 kW capacity; 835,000 million kWh produced, 15 kWh per capita (1990) Industries: nickel mining and extractive industries (oil, coal, iron ore, vanadium, lithium, tin, platinum group metals Land use: arable land: 2% permanent crops: 1% meadows and pastures: NA% forest and woodland: 8% other: 61% Irrigated land: 320 km2 (1989 est.) Environment: no perennial rivers or lakes requires extensive water conservation and control measures improving air and water quality; agricultural fertilizer and chemical products 19%, manufactured goods 16%, chemicals
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