Sołowow rulled out from tender for Brzeszcze

Under pressure of trade unions, Tauron Polska Eneria has broken the deal with FTF Columbus, controlled by Michał Sołowow off, the media reported. The energy company and the fund were comprising a joint venture which was supposed to bid for Brzeszcze mine, yet the trade unions at the mine did not want the billionaire as one of the new investors, according to Puls Biznesu  and Gazeta Wyborcza dailies. Wyborcza daily informed that the reason of the trade unions' objection was that Sołowow had an intent of cutting the mine's employment significantly. Tauron remains to be interested in acquiring the troubled mine.