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Sinofert and Canpotex entering into a Memorandum of Understanding Source: 中化化肥   Time: 2013-12-16
        On Dec. 13, 2013, Sinochem Fertilizer Macao Commercial Offshore Limited and Canpotex entered into an MOU of exclusive sales in the China region for 2014, symbolizing the deepening of the cooperation between the two companies & guaranteeing the fundamental stability of domestic potash supply in China. Moreover, the two companies will jointly promote balanced fertilization and agrichemical service in China, so as to enhance rational fertilization and to increase farmers' income and the crop yield.
        The intention of the cooperation for 2014 is 1 million tons. The final price will be subject to the outcome of the negotiations between the Chinese buying committee and the international suppliers for 2014.
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Uralkali Q3 revenue down 19 pct, sees 2014 potash demand up

(Reuters) - Russia's Uralkali, the world's top potash producer, said on Thursday its third-quarter revenue fell 19 percent year-on-year to $856 million, partially due to customer caution after the break-up of its trading cartel with Belarus.

Uralkali sees global potash demand rising to between 58 million and 60 million tonnes in 2014 thanks to growing consumption in China, India, Brazil and Southeast Asia, up from 53-54 million tonnes in 2013, it said in a statement.

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18. Dezember 2013
Koalitionsvertrag Hessen
Bekenntnis zum heimischen Kalibergbau

In dem Koalitionsvertrag für das Land Hessen sieht das Rohstoffunternehmen K+S auch ein klares Bekenntnis zum heimischen Kalibergbau. „Dieses Signal freut uns! Es ist von großer Bedeutung für die 5.000 K+S-Arbeitsplätze allein hier in Hessen“, sagt Norbert Steiner, Vorsitzender des Vorstands der K+S Aktiengesellschaft.

Die Vereinbarung macht deutlich: Die künftigen Koalitionspartner CDU und Bündnis 90/Die Grünen stimmen darin überein, dass der Erfolg unseres Bundeslandes auf einer starken wirtschaftlichen Basis beruht. „Wie die gesamte hessische Wirtschaft braucht auch der heimische Bergbau stabile und verlässliche Rahmenbedingungen, um künftig international wettbewerbsfähig zu bleiben“, so Steiner weiter.

Uralkali says too early to comment on alliance with Belarus

(Reuters) - Russia's Uralkali, the world's largest potash miner by output, said on Thursday it is too early to comment on a potential re-creation of its trading joint venture with Belarus, which it quit in July.

"Uralkali is potentially open to consider all the possible potential partnerships which would be beneficial for our shareholders," its chief financial officer Viktor Belyakov said.

"As to BPC (Belarussian Potash Company) and Russia in particular, it is too early to comment on any potential partnership and its form," Belyakov said during a conference call.

uk.reuters.com/article/2013/12/19/...ing-idUKL6N0JY34820131219

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Mitteilung von Netto-Leerverkaufspositionen

Zu folgendem Emittenten wird vom oben genannten Positionsinhaber eine Netto-Leerverkaufsposition gehalten:

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Prozentsatz des ausgegebenen Aktienkapitals: 0,79 %

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GS jetzt wieder unter 5%.

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Uralkali Sees Potash Demand Up in 2014 After Broad Decline

December 19, 2013 (Source: WSJ) – Russian potash producer OAO Uralkali (URKA.RS) reported Thursday broad declines in revenue and average export prices for the fertilizer ingredient following the collapse of a global pricing cartel, but said it expected lower prices to drive up demand by more than 10% in the coming year.


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www.marketwatch.com/story/...14-2013-12-19?link=MW_latest_news

Uralkali sees potash demand up in 2014
Dec. 19, 2013, 6:16 a.m. EST

Auszug:

Uralkali said Brazil, in particular, had emerged as the most active market and that prices there had leveled off at between $310 and $330 a ton in mid-December. Demand in India had fallen as a result of currency devaluation and in China, driven by increases in internal supplies.

World potash demand to rebound by 10% in 2014
11:16 UK, 19th Dec 2013, by Agrimoney.com

...Concerns have also grown over the viability of some potash expansion plans, and indeed Uralkali said that "lower potash price should promote rational decision-making in relation to greenfield projects", while viewing its own expansion plans as "cost effective"...

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Vale seeks fertiliser partner, potash to top 4Mt/y

..."We are looking for partners in our fertiliser business," he said at an annual holiday lunch with reporters. "But if the partner takes a stake in our fertiliser unit, we don't want someone who is just a financial partner, we want someone who has their own production already."..

...Brazil's government wants to build quickly to ease dependence on fertiliser imports and replace Vale's cancelled Argentine potash plans...

m.miningweekly.com/article/...r-potash-to-top-4m-ty-2013-12-19

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Prokhorov’s Onexim Group bought 21.75 percent of Berezniki, Russia-based Uralkali from billionaire Suleiman Kerimov’s foundation, spokesman Andrey Belyak said by phone today. The agreement was first announced last month. Another company controlled by Prokhorov bought a further 5.34 percent held by Kerimov separately, two other people said today, asking not to be identified as the information is private.

Uralchem, 95 percent owned by Mazepin, completed a deal to buy almost 20 percent of Uralkali from Kerimov’s business partners, it said today in a statement.

Uralkali’s staff are expected to a neighboring building that houses Uralchem’s headquarters in the Moscow City business district, the two people with knowledge of the CEO change said.

Uralkali’s press-office declined to comment as did spokesmen for Uralchem and Onexim.

Imprisoned CEO

“It’s not good for Uralkali to have a CEO not managing the company and in prison,” Uralchem CEO Dmitry Konyaev said on Dec. 4.

Baumgertner was CEO of Uralkali from 2005 until 2010, and was chief of OAO Silvinit in 2010 when it merged with Uralkali to form the largest producer of potash. He took on the CEO post at the combined Uralkali-Silvinit in February 2011.

Baumgertner graduated from the Urals Engineering University. He holds an MBA degree from London’s Kingston Business School and a University of London MSc degree.

Osipov, 47, was Uralchem CEO from 2007 through 2011. He graduated from Gorkovskiy State University’s department of radio physics and cybernetics.

To contact the reporters on this story: Yuliya Fedorinova in Moscow at yfedorinova@bloomberg.net; Irina Reznik in Moscow at ireznik@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: John Viljoen at jviljoen@bloomberg.net


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20.12.2013
K+S-Konkurrent Uralkali bekommt neuen Chef

Der Konzern Uralkali bekommt offenbar einen neuen Vorstandschef: Dmitri Ossipow war bisher Aufsichtsratsvize beim Chemieunternehmen Uralchem.

Nach schweren Turbulenzen bekommt Uralkali offenbar einen neuen Vorstandschef. Der bisherige Aufsichtsratsvize des Chemieunternehmens Uralchem, Dmitri Ossipow, löse bei dem russischen Konzern Wladislaw Baumgertner ab. Das meldete die Agentur Interfax am Freitag unter Berufung auf Unternehmenskreise.

A memorandum of understanding has already been signed with Sino-Agri which Cheung describes as having “a robust distribution network in China for fertilizer products”. Sino-Agri also operates a potash mine in Laos. (As Investor Intel reported in May, there has been competition between China and Belarus to get a foothold in the Laotian potash industry. Most of the mines there are small, some financed by Chinese interests. It is expected that Laos could be producing 5 million tonnes a year of muriate of potash by 2018.)

So it’s quite a potash web, isn’t it? And one that Canpotex will no doubt be watching with concern...

The deposit is close to the main railway between Moscow and Almaty (the country’s largest city and, until 1997, the capital)...

So there is potential here for three viable new potash mines, and right on China’s doorstep, financed by Chinese money and the product being clearly destined for Chinese farms.

How Moscow, Canpotex and Belarus take all this has yet to be seen.

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