Economy Ministry proposes consolidating coal mining into two giant firms

The Economy Ministry has disclosed its proposed changes in the coal mines which envisages setting up as early as next spring a maximum of two or three companies charged with coal extraction. Another company would have an administrative role over liquidating loss-making mines. The purpose is to centralize the administration of the mines possibly making it easier to manage the mining sector. In 1993 seven companies were set up to administer 61 mines, but after the liquidation of about a third of the mines, it has become imperative to reduce the number of administrators. The recently created Mining Restructuring Company (SRK) would coordinate the liquidation of the mines on behalf of the Ministry. (Prawo i Gospodarka, page 18) S.M.