OREANDA-NEWS. October 19, 2011. Uralkali (LSE: URKA) has today announced its production results for the nine months ended 30 September 2011. Over that period the facilities of Uralkali and Silvinit produced 8.06 million tonnes* of potassium chloride (KCl), which is 4% higher than their combined production in January-September 2010.

 

Uralkali+Silvinit
9 months, 2011*

Uralkali
9 months, 2011**

Uralkali+Silvinit
9 months, 2010***

Potassium chloride production (mln tonnes)

8.06

5.96

7.72

* includes production volumes of Uralkali and Silvinit since 1 January 2011

** includes Uralkali production volumes since 1 January 2011 and production volumes of the Solikamsk site after 17 May 2011 when Silvinit was dissolved

*** includes production volumes of Uralkali and Silvinit since 1 January 2010

Uralkali and Silvinit completed their combination in Q2 2011 creating one of the world’s largest potash producers by output and production capacity.