In Brief: TP SA; Częstochowa Steel Mill; Kopex; Bols out to get more exports

Shareholders also agreed to pay out a dividend of zł.0.12 per share, costing the firm around zł.168 million. (Parkiet, p. 1) ... LNM Holdings and Donbas Industrial Union will next week probably have to re-submit their offers to buy the Częstochowa Steel Mill. However, both investors have expressed their desire to continue with already existing tenders despite the fact that the price of the plant might now be lowered. (Puls Biznesu, p. 16) ... Kopex, a Katowice-based construction company, has won a contract worth $107 million from Vinacoal Hanoi of Vietnam to take part in the modernization of three open-cast coal mines. (Parkiet, p. 7) ... Stefan Laux, the president of Bols Poland, has announced that the company will increase production of alcoholic drinks for export to capitalize on low domestic production costs and an increasing demand for Polish vodka abroad. (Parkiet, p. 7) D.W./K.J.