Review of Potassium Chloride Market in the CIS

Contents

Introduction



1. World mineral-resources base and market conjuncture of potassium chloride



2. Reserves and deposits of potassium salts in the CIS

2.1. Reserves and deposits of potassium salts in Russia

2.2 Description of Russian deposits of potassium salts

2.3 Reserves and deposits of potassium salts in other CIS countries

2.4 Description of potassium salts deposits in CIS countries



3. Production of potassium chloride

3.1 Technology of potassium chloride production

3.1.1 Mining potassium ores

3.1.2 Technology of potassium chloride ore concentration

3.2 Requirements, imposed on grade of products

3.3 Production of potassium chloride in Russia

3.3.1 JSC "Sylvinite" (Solikamsk)

3.3.2 JSC "Uralkalii"

3.4 Production of potassium chloride in other CIS countries

3.4.1 RUP PO "Belaruskalii"

3.5 Forecast of potassium chloride production in the CIS up to 2008



4. Potassium chloride foreign trade of CIS countries

4.1 Potassium chloride foreign trade of Russia

4.1.1 Export of potassium chloride by Russia

4.1.2 Russian imports of potassium chloride

4.2 Potassium chloride foreign trade of other CIS countries

4.2.1 Potassium chloride foreign trade of Belarus

4.2.2 Potassium chloride foreign trade of Ukraine



5. Domestic consumption of potassium chloride in Russia

5.1 Supply-demand balance of potassium chloride in Russia

5.2 Pattern of consumption of potassium chloride in Russia

5.3 Dynamics of domestic prices on potassium chloride in Russia

5.4 Forecast of consumption of potassium chloride in Russia



Conclusions



List of Tables

Table 1: World reserves of potassium salts (in equivalent К2О)

Table 2: Volume of mining of potassium salts in the world in 1998-2003 (in equivalent К2О, kt)

Table 3: The main players at the world market of potassium chloride

Table 4: Russian deposits of potassium salts

Table 5: The greatest deposits of potassium salts in other CIS countries

Table 6: Chemistry of Silvinite-Containing Ore of Starobinskoe deposit, %

Table 7: Requirements, imposed on grade of potassium chloride in accordance with GOST 4568-95

Table 8: Requirements, imposed on grade of chemical reagent potassium chloride

Table 9: Characteristics of products of JSC "Sylvinite"

Table 10: Production and financial results of JSC "Sylvinite"

Table 11: Pattern of sales of JSC "Sylvinite" products, %

Table 12: Geographic pattern of sales of potassium chloride by JSC "Sylvinite" in 2002-2003

Table 13: Design capacities and actual ore mining volumes of the mining subdivisions of JSC "Uralkalii" in 2001-2004

Table 14: Characteristics of products of JSC "Uralkalii"

Table 15: Production and financial results of JSC "Uralkalii"

Table 16: Geographic pattern of the Uralkalii sales of potassium chloride in 2002-2003

Table 17. Design capacities and ore reserves available of RU-1 - RU-4 of the Belaruskalii.

Table 18: Production parameters of the Belaruskalii subdivisions on processing sylvinite ores

Table 19: Characteristics of products of RUP PO "Belaruskalii"

Table 20: Production of potassium chloride RUP PO "Belaruskalii", mln tonnes (in equivalent К2О)

Table 21: Geographic pattern of sales of RUP PO "Belaruskalii" products (in equivalent К2О)

Table 22: Potassium chloride foreign trade of Russia for 1999-2004

Table 23: Export of potassium chloride by Russia in 1999-2004

Table 24: Export of potassium chloride by Russia to CIS countries in 1999-2004

Table 25: The main company-importers of Russian potassium chloride in 2003

Table 26: Imports of potassium chloride by Russia in 1999-2004

Table 27: Export of potassium chloride by Belarus in 2000-2003 (in equivalent К2О)

Table 28: Imports of potassium chloride by Ukraine in 2000-2003

Table 29: The main Ukrainian company-importers of potassium chloride in 2003

Table 30: Export (re-export) of potassium chloride by Ukraine in 2000-2003

Table 31: Supply-demand balance of potassium chloride in Russia, kt

Table 32: Pattern of consumption of potassium chloride in Russia in 2003

Table 33: The main consumers of potassium chloride in Russia in 2002-2003

Table 34: Release prices of Russian producers on potassium chloride



List of Figures

Figure 1: Dynamics of mining of potassium salts in the world (in equivalent К2О)

Figure 2: Russian deposits of potassium salts

Figure 3: Pattern of commercial types of potassium salts

Figure 4: Technological scheme of concentration of sylvinite ores of Verkhnekamskoe deposit

Figure 5: Dynamics of potassium chloride production in Russia in 1998-2004

Figure 6: Pattern of ownership of JSC "Sylvinite" in 2004

Figure 7: Geographic pattern of the exports of potassium chloride by JSC "Sylvinite" in 2003

Figure 8: Pattern of ownership of JSC "Uralkalii" in 2004

Figure 9: Geographic pattern of the Uralkalii exports of potassium chloride in 2003

Figure 10: Dynamics of potassium chloride production in Belarus in 1998-2004

Figure 11: Forecast of dynamics of potassium chloride output in the CIS up to 2008

Figure 12: Dynamics of potassium chloride exports and imports of Russia for 1999-2004

Figure 13: Dynamics of Russian exports of potassium chloride in 1999-2003

Figure 14: Dynamics of Russian exports of potassium chloride to CIS countries in 1999-2003

Figure 15: Geographic pattern of exports of potassium chloride by Russia in 1999-2003

Figure 16: Dynamics of cargo transportation tariffs in Russia in 2002-2003 (2001 =100%)

Figure 17: Dynamics of Russian imports of potassium chloride and the import prices for 199-2003

Figure 18: Dynamics of Belarussian exports of potassium chloride and the export prices in 1999-2003

Figure 19: Geographic pattern of exports of potassium chloride by Belarus in 2000-2003

Figure 20: Dynamics of Ukrainian imports of potassium chloride and the average import prices in 2000-2003

Figure 21: Dynamics of apparent consumption of potassium chloride in Russia in 1999-2003, kt

Figure 22: Dynamics of prices on potassium chloride in Russian market and Russian export prices in 2001-2004

Figure 23: Forecast of consumption of potassium chloride in Russia in 2004-2008 (the most realistic, the best and the worst scenarios)