Moscow-EuroChem Mineral and Chemical Company reported on Nov. 28 that it produced 4.5 million mt of mineral fertilizers from January through September, up 0.8 percent from the same period in 2005. The company’s consolidated output of nitrogen fertilizers was 2.9 million mt during that period, with the gross output of ammonia the same as last year at 1.9 million mt. The output of merchant-grade ammonium nitrate was 1.08 million mt, or 87 percent of last year’s tally for the period, while merchant-grade urea ouput was up slightly from last year at 971,000 mt. EuroChem’s UAN output from January through September was 779,000 mt, up 21 percent from last year, which the company attributed to an increase in rolling stock and higher market demand. EuroChem’s output of NP-fertilizer was 26,000 mt during the period, just 53.9 percent of last year’s total, while phosphate fertilizer output was up from last year at 1.258 million mt. The company’s DAP production during the nine-month period was 611,000 mt, an 11 percent increase over last year due to production increases at its Lithuanian enterprise and the launch of production at Belorechensk. In other news, EuroChem was recently rated 19th in the annual ranking of 100 leading Russian enterprises, published by Business Week and AK&M rating agency. As it did a year ago, EuroChem holds the top spot in the rankings among Russian chemical producers.
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