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  • Founded in 1930 as a state-owned enterprise
  • Headquarters in Moscow
  • Focuses on the production of potash fertilizer
  • Operations based in Berezniki (Northern Urals, Russia):
    • 2 mining sites and rights for an additional mining site
    • 6 plants (4 for potash)
  • Co-founder of the Belarusian Potash Company Trading JV (BPC)
    – largest potash trading entity in the world in terms of volumes
  • Strong customer base in over 60 countries around the world
  • Exports over 90% of total output
Key Operating and financial data (2005)

Uralkali is a dedicated potash producer with leading market penetration in the most significant developing markets for fertilizer consumption.

Uralkali's principal assets are in the Perm region and St. Petersburg in Russia. Our reserves are located in the Verkhnekamskoe Deposit, which is the second-largest known potash deposit in the world, reported to contain in excess of 3.8 billion tonnes of potash ore.

Uralkali produces three main potash products: Granular, White MOP and Pink MOP, each of which is derived from potash ores comprising KCl mixed with other naturally occurring minerals. Each of Uralkali's potash products varies in terms of potassium content, consistency and production method.

We have major distribution platforms including our joint venture interest in Belarusian Potash Company (BPC), the leading global distribution platform.

The principal export markets for Uralkali's products are China, Brazil, Southeast Asia and India. Uralkali's products are also sold to mature markets in Europe and the United States, to Africa, the Middle East and domestically in Russia.

We believe that our company is one of the most profitable and the lowest cost producers of potash in the world, due mostly to our access to low cost labour and energy.