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Still with Mostostal Zabrze Despite difficulties, Polish construction giant Mostostal Zabrze, is reluctant to sell the majority of its shares in PRInz, the Polish daily, 'Rzeczpospolita', reports. However, according to Jerzy Smagowski, the President of MZ, should the company's financial situation worsen, this idea might become more of a possibility. It is also possible that the company will buy PRInz's shares from the Swedish constructor NCC and take control of it. Mitex for Koreans The construction company Mitex has been announced as the general constructor for the new South Korean Embassy in Warsaw. The USD 2.2 mln contract is scheduled for completion at the end of August 2003. Eiffage Construction holds most of Mitex's shares (74.79 %). Pro-Equity Fund I has 11.92 % and individual shareholders 13.29 %. The company has previously constructed Hotel Ibis in Lódz (Centrum), Hotel Novotel in Kraków (South), t