PM Kopacz: Poland to build large coal-energy group

Poland has started to build a large fuel-energy group with its decision to transfer the European Union's largest coal mine,Kompania Węglowa to a state-controlled fund to avoid the miner's bankruptcy, Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz said. "Kompania Weglowa safely enters ... TF Silesia, which provides financial guarantees for years," Kopacz told Gazeta Wyborcza daily in an interview published on Saturday. "This is the start of building a large fuel-energy concern, which will be created by combining our power plants, energy groups and coal, which is their fuel," Kopacz said. The European Commission announced it had not been informed about the details of the transfer of Kompania and had not taken any decisions yet.