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Mining / Quarrying 05 - Mining of coal and lignite 05 - Mining of coal and lignite 05 - Mining of coal and lignite
1,000 jobs Number of planned job losses
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
15 December 2004
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
The ‘Strategy for Privatisation of the Hard Coal Mining Sector’ drawn up by the Polish government provides for the merger of the Bogdanka mine with the power generation facility in Kozienice and for the sale of the entity thus created. The unions active at the mine have expressed worries that this will lead to reduced coal extraction and to the downsizing of the workforce by 1,000 jobs.
Sources
24 October 2004: Rzeczpospolita
16 December 2004: Solidarity
Citation
Eurofound (2004), Bogdanka, Internal restructuring in Poland, factsheet number 60726, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/60726.