Fact or fiction - mystery buyer for huge quantities of coal

The National Trade Unions Alliance (OPZZ) claimed on Thursday it has found a country that wants to buy 20 million tons of coal per year for five years. "A company, allegedly with foreign capital, has expressed its interest in a cting as intermediary to export coal to a certain country that is now build ing up its strategic reserves", said Jan Kisielinski, the OPZZ deputy leade r. However, he refused to reveal any details concerning the company or the name of the target country, but stressed the whole thing was "very urgent" as Russia might also be interested in the deal. If true this would be good news for the coal sector, whose last year exports reached 28 million tones. (www.pulsbiznesu.pl) J.K.