Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Early August witnessed commencement of the winding down of the Wirek coal mine (Kopalnia "Wirek") in Ruda Śląska, a process scheduled for completion in November 2011. The mine, a part of the Halemba-Wirek colliery complex, had been active for 200 years, and its coal deposits have now been depleted. Of the 5,000 employees of Halemba-Wirek, the Wirek pit accounts for 800. These employees will either be put to work on the liquidation process or taken up by other coal mines in Ruda Śląska.
Eurofound (2009), Kopalnia, Bankruptcy in Poland, factsheet number 69363, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/69363.