EUROPEAN COMMISSION APPROVES STATE AID FOR SLOVAK MINE CLOSURE

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has approved the Euro 5 million in state aid which the Slovakian government wants to grant the Ba?a Dolina mining company. The money will finance the social and technical costs of the closure of its coal mine covering the years 2004 to 2010. The mine currently produced 227,000 tonnes of coal per year.

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