Miners hold underground protest over future of OKD

Miners at the Darkov mine in North Moravia held an underground protest on Tuesday when they refused to come to the surface following their night shift. The men said they were demanding to know the plans of mine owners OKD, which is threatened with insolvency. The miners emerged after an underground meeting with an OKD executive that the company described as a “working briefing”. The firm has around 10,000 workers in a region with relatively high unemployment.

Author: Ian Willoughby