Kowalczyk named to rescue coal mining

Wojciech Kowalczyk, who was named the government’s representative for the restructuring of the coal mining sector, will present a modified version of the rescue plan for Kompania Węglowa within the next weeks, the Polish Press Agency reported. Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz visited the company on Tuesday to talk with protesting labor unions. As a result the strike was called off later that day. Kowalczyk will be focused solely on rescuing the Polish coal mining industry, Kopacz told journalists. “There is little time. The problem has to be solved.” So far, Kowalczyk was a deputy treasury minister. He will now be a secretary of state at the Ministry of Economy, which supervises the coal mining sector.