PGG to lay off 600 people

State-owned coal unit Polska Grupa Górnicza (PGG) will this year lay off 600 workers who reached retirement age, CEO Tomasz Rogala told PAP. The layoffs will be combined by the process of merging mines, which will reduce the number of mines to five from 11. Currently, PGG employs some 32,500 people, but some 3,800-4,000 employees declared a willingness to take advantage of the voluntary redundancy program.