RUSSIA

Potash Firm Slashes Output
Potash company Uralkali (Berezniki, Russia) says it has cut production by 50% and will continue producing at the reduced rate until at least the end of December. The move will result in a...

Vietnam to Participate in Russian Fertilizer JV
A high-level accord: (l.) Dmitri Medvedev and (r.) Nguyen Minh Triet shake on it. Russian president Dmitri Medvedev and his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Minh Triet recently signed a joint venture...

Air Products Invests in Russia and Poland
Air Products says it will install two high-purity nitrogen generators at Alcoa’s aluminum plant at Samara, Russia. The generators are due onstream in 2009. The...

Symrise Expands in Russia and U.S.
Symrise says it has expanded its Moscow facility, adding laboratories for its sweet, savory, and beverage business as well as a center for sensory and consumer research. The investment follows the company’s purchase of...

Sibur Builds Plants at Plastik Subsidiary...
Sibur says it has agreed with the regional authorities of Tula, Russia to construct additional manufacturing plants at Sibur’s Plastik...

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