OREANDA-NEWS. Uralkali (LSE: URKA; the Company), one of the world’s largest potash producers, announces that Standard&Poor’s international credit rating agency has revised Uralkali’s rating from BB to BB-. The outlook is stable.

Uralkali is one of the world’s largest potash producers and exporters. The Company’s assets consist of 5 mines and 7 ore-treatment mills situated in the towns of Berezniki and Solikamsk (Perm Region, Russia). Uralkali employs ca.11,000 people (in the main production unit). Uralkali’s shares and GDRs are traded on the Moscow Exchange and London Stock Exchange, respectively.