The mining trade unions have threatened possible strikes from October if the government fails to find investors for coal producer Kompania Weglowa. In an agreement signed in January, the government promised miners that by the end of September it would find investors to safeguard Kompania Weglowa's survival. The agreement followed a series of miners' protests, which forced the government to back away from a plan to shut down some mines.
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