OREANDA-NEWS. December 2, 2011. Yekaterinburg hosted the awarding ceremony of the “Results of the Year in the Urals and Siberia” award. Uralkali’s (LSE:URKA) combination with Silvinit that was completed in June 2011 and created one of the leaders of the world potash industry won in the “Deal of the Year” nomination.

Uralkali’s deal with Silvinit has already been awarded. In October 2011 Uralkali received the “Deal of the Year” award during the “Expert 400” forum of large business.

The “Results of the Year in the Urals and Siberia” award was initiated in 2006 by the UralPolit.Ru expert channel and with the support of the administration of the plenipotentiary representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Urals federal region. The award is given to the leading representatives of political and business community for their distinctive and efficient activities in the Urals federal region and Perm Territory.