New coal mine to be built in Poland -- Energy Minister

Poland’s energy minister, Krzysztof Tchórzewski, has indicated that his government plans to build a new coal mine by 2019 in Poland, the Polish press reported on Monday evening. He announced that a new tender has already been released for the mine’s construction. “We need to start building a new mine in Poland and will formally announce the launch of such a tender for construction in 2019, and - said the minister during a professor a second [mine] in 2022,” he said. The minister said that it is necessary to keep production levels at the appropriate level for the operation of new power units (in Ostrołęka, Kozienice, Opole and  Jaworzno) and to modernize. He estimated that production from currently operating mines is too expensive. The minister recalled that the government has recently negotiated funds with Brussels that will serve as part of the aid program for the mining industry.