Industry ministry digs in over OKD sale

Pending minister for industry and trade, Jiří Havlíček, has followed in the footsteps of his predecessor with a brewing dispute with finance minister and ANO leader, Andrej Babiš. Havlíček said after his meeting with the head of state that he would oppose a proposal for the Ministry of Finance’s company Prisko to make a bid to take over insolvent hard coal mining company OKD. Havlíček said that one of the industry ministry’s companies, Diamo, was much more suitable for the job. Diamo has been used to mastermind the rundown of the country’s uranium mining activities and follow up clean up operations. The Cabinet earlier this year opposed a proposal that Diamo purchase OKD for a token one crown.

Author: Chris Johnstone