Aussie coal junior claims discrimination in Poland

Australia-headquartered Prairie Mining, which focuses on coal projects in Poland, said on Friday that, as a foreign investor, it faced discriminatory treated in Poland, as its tussle with the Ministry of Environment (MoE) over the Debiensko mining concession dragged on.

The company has applied for a 50-year amendment of the Debiensko hard coking coal project’s concession to extend the time stipulated for first production of coal from 2018, to 2025, a request that the MoE has denied with a final “second instance” decision.