in Bezug auf Prioritäten 2022 bzgl. Investmentgrade/Bilanz und Investitionen bzw. Kapazitätsaufbau Bethune. Investitions-Basisscenario für Bethune sind wohl 100 Mio EUR für ein Plus von 0,1 Mio t p.a.
"Second, first priority for us is to get the balance sheet in a situation where we want to have it close to or even at investment grade. And it looks like that we could achieve that in 2022. After that, we have with spare capacities and then we have to decide where to invest it. And if we believe Bethune is it's the right decision to speed up ramp-up in Bethune, then money will run there."
"The way we look to it is we have a base CapEx that we are spending every year. And that base CapEx is not really changing going forward. So that delivers the 100,000 tonnes per year ramp-up."
"I think it's no secret that we have invested already since we are in operation with Bethune roughly €100 million a year. And this is our plan to continue doing this. But the big difference is in the years between '17 and now, it had a negative impact on our free cash flow as a group.
From now on, Bethune is able to earn that by itself. And here, we have the flexibility, as I said earlier. Once we have the balance sheet in a stage where we want to have it, we can increase that number. And we can, at the same time, exceed the ramp-up of Bethune. But as a rule of thumb, I think €100 million is a fair number annually."
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