"Silesia" colliery has stay of execution through new deals

The "Silesia" colliery can continue to function for the next few years thanks to talks between the management of Kompania Węglowa (KW) and the energy sector concerning long-term coal supplies. "This is why it was possible to sign a conciliatory agreement with the miners," KW president Jarosław Klima told a press conference yesterday. Low quality coal from Silesia can be used by Jaworzno power plant, belonging to Southern Energetical Concern (PKE), as it is equipped with the necessary sulphur removal system. It is also unofficially speculated that PKE may take over the mine. KW's management is striving for an imminent capital injection of zł. 1.3 billion due to total losses of zł. 320 million and hence are not considering any further agreements with trade-unionists who continue to protest in some mines. "We have no time to deal with it. There are more serious problems awaiting a solution. We are working on different programs for Kompania. In a year we will enter the European market so we have to analyze the potentials of every single mine," said Klima. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B4) K.Ż.