Torpol with PLN 367.3 mln deal with Tauron

WSE-listed construction firm Torpol signed a PLN 367.3 million net contract for design, construction, and launch of a rail system for the new power block at Tauron's Jaworzno plant, company said in a market filing. The new railway line will connect the 910 MW block with Tauron Wydobycie, which will be supplying the coal. The new unit can burn more than 2.5 million metric tons of coal annually. The deadline for completing the design and construction works was set for November 2019. In a separate filing, Tauron said that the construction of the new power unit has exceeded 50 percent completion mark.