The Czech Ministry of Finance is seeking Kč 6.8 billion in damages from six former managers of the mining company Mostecké uhelné společnost (MUS) whom anticorruption police have charged with stripping assets from and using the money to take over the company. The ministry also wants to have the controversial privatization of MUS, since renamed Czech Coal, annulled, the daily Lidové noviny reported Friday.

Czech energy group Energetický a Průmyslový Holding (EPH) is considering using coal from its Mibrag mine in Germany keep its Elektrárny Opatovice power station running following the withdrawal of mining company Czech Coal from a supply contract, the daily E15 reported on Monday.

Energy group Energetický a Průmyslový Holding (EPH) has called the withdrawal of mining company Czech Coal from a contract to supply the former’s Elektrárny Opatovice power station with lignite “unjustified,” rejecting claims that it failed to make payments for supplies.

Czech Minister of Industry and Trade Martin Kuba has sought to reset the great Czech coal debate over whether existing mining limits should be ditched or not in the face of depleting reserves. Kuba says stress should be more on more efficient power plants so that reserves within existing reserves can last longer.