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Uralkali is a Russian potash fertilizer producer and exporter. It is traded on the London Stock Exchange and Moscow Exchange using the symbol, URKA.〔(URKA Stock Quote - Uralkali Stock Quote - URKA Quote - URKA Stock Price )〕 The Company’s assets consist of 5 mines and 7 ore-treatment mills situated in the towns of Berezniki and Solikamsk (Perm Region, Russian Federation). Uralkali employs ca.11,300 people (in the main production unit). The company produces standard and granular potassium chloride (KCl) and supplies it (through its own trader Uralkali Trading) to over 60 countries, with the major markets including Brazil, India, China, Southeast Asia, Russia, USA, and Europe. In 2013 Uralkali produced 10 million tonnes of potash (KCl)〔(Uralkali official website. About the Company )〕 Uralkali develops Verkhnekamskoye field of potassium and magnesium salts, world's second largest in terms of potash ore reserves. The Company’s total ore reserves total approximately 8.2 billion tonnes. Uralkali holds the development licences for the Ust-Yayvinsky and Polovodovsky blocks at the Verkhnekamskoye field, which contain ore reserves of 1.291 and 3.074 billion tonnes respectively. Uralkali also holds the development licence for the Romanovsky Block of the Verkhnekamskoye deposit with the estimated reserves of 385 million tonnes of sylvinite ore.〔(Uralkali. About us. Resources )〕 As of 20 December 2013, Uralkali's shareholder structure is as follows: 33.26% free float, 21.75% ONEXIM Group, 19.99% UralChem, 12.5% Chengdong Investment Corporation, 12.5% treasury shares.〔(Uralkali. Investors. Shareholder strufture )〕 ==History== In 1926, the USSR State Planning Committee Presidium approved a resolution to develop the Soviet potash industry around Solikamsk, Perm region, and its adjacent fields. In 1934 the First Potash Mining Complex was launched in Solikamsk, later followed by another two mine and plants in Solikamsk and fours mines and plant in Berezniki. The Soyuzkali Group was renamed as Uralkali in 1964. Uralkali became a joint stock company in 1992 encompassing production facilities in Berezniki, while production facilities in Solikamsk formed OJSC Silvinit.〔(Uralkali. About us. History )〕 The major shareholding of Uralkali was accumulated by Dmitry Rybolovlev. In summer 2010, Rybolovlev sold his stake in Uralkali to investment vehicles, which were beneficially owned by Suleiman Kerimov, the metals tycoon, Alexander Nesis, another metals tycoon, and Filaret Galchev, a cement magnate, respectively.〔(Financial Times, 15 June 2010, Rybolovlev sells 53% Uralkali stake to three Russian tycoons )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Uralkali」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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