EuroChem timeline 2010

EuroChem is one of three EMEA finalists for the Gartner Business Intelligence Excellence Award.
The first EuroChem employees and their families move into newly-constructed employee housing at Gremyachinskoe potash deposit.

EuroChem secures ten-year, USD 261m ECA-backed loan facility for financing the ongoing construction of the cage shaft at its Gremyachinskoe potash deposit by South Africa-based Shaft Sinkers Limited. The transaction was awarded the ‘Deal of the Year 2010’ by Euromoney Trade Finance Magazine.

The Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) awards EuroChem with the ‘Russia’s Best Companies: Dynamics, Efficiency, Responsibility 2009’ recognition in the ‘High Product Quality’ category.

EuroChem prices eight year RUB 5.0bn Bond at 8.90% per annum with 5 year put option.
Standard & Poor’s confirms EuroChem’s corporate credit rating of BB/stable.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visits EuroChem’s fertilizer plant under construction in Volgograd region and opens newly built 200-unit housing facility for future employees and their families.
EuroChem completes pre-design work for the planned construction of a bulk terminal at the commercial port of Ust-Luga, Leningrad region. The terminal is expected to have a capacity of approximately 5 MMT p.a.

EuroChem secures 13-year, EUR 36.7m ECA-backed loan facility. The loan benefits from the cover for both political and commercial risks by EGAP, the official Czech ECA. The interest rate is 1.95% p.a. over six-month EURIBOR.
Novomoskovskiy Azot becomes largest urea plant in Europe. The introduction of a second line creates the largest urea plant in Europe with a daily capacity of 4,350 tonnes/day. Additionally, ammonia and urea dust emissions will be 32% and 36% lower, respectively, than Russian averages.
EuroChem doubles feed phosphate capacity at AB Lifosa to 150,000 tonnes p.a.
EuroChem secures five year, USD 250m bilateral credit line with Nordea Bank.