Mon, Oct 26 2009
Sberbank open $1.5 bln credit lines to Silvinit
MOSCOW, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Russia's biggest lender Sberbank opened $1.5 billion worth of credit lines for Silvinit , the country's largest potash producer, the two companies said in a press release on Monday.
POTASH-UPDATE 1-Russia's Silvinit to follow BPC on China deal
* Full-year 2009 output seen falling to 3.5 mln tonnes (Adds details, quotes, background; in U.S. dollars unless noted)
Silvinit not to raise potash prices in Russia
YEKATERINBURG, Russia, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Silvinit , Russia's largest potash producer, has agreed not to increase domestic potash prices before the end of the year after complaints from consumers and a warning from the market regulator.
Russia to woo investors with bigger mineral licences
MOSCOW, May 27 (Reuters) - Russia, which earned over $3 billion selling off its mineral resources last year, will group licences into larger blocks to attract cash-strapped investors in 2009, a government minister said on Wednesday.
UPDATE 2-Uralkali settles $218 mln mine costs, shares soar
* Shares rise 29.9 pct in London, investor fears subside
Russia mulls creation of fertilizer giant: Ifax
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian government is mulling the creation of a state-run holding from several fertilizer producers, sources told Interfax on Friday, indicating that the Kremlin could be preparing a move into another key sector.
UPDATE 2-Russia mulls creation of fertiliser giant-Ifax
(Adds Uralkali comment on merger report, analyst comment)
Russia mulls creation of fertiliser giant-Ifax
MOSCOW, Dec 26 (Reuters) - The Russian government is mulling the creation of a state-run holding company from potash makers Uralkali and Silvinit and phosphate mineral apatite producer Apatit, Interfax quoted industry and government sources as saying on Friday.
Russia could seek flood damages from Uralkali
faces possible damage claims from Russia's government
Russian sinkhole again threatens potash route
MOSCOW, Oct 15 (Reuters) - A fissure in the ground is renewing a threat to potash shipments by Russian miner Silvinit to world markets, the head of the institute monitoring the situation told Reuters on Wednesday.





