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tors. The challenge, however, is that the
state is effectively using the company as
a foreign-exchange cash cow to subsidize
other loss-making enterprises, with con-
cerns already being expressed that in-
creased production will quicken resource
depletion at the Salihorsk operations. To
counter this, Belaruskali is developing its
3 million mt/y Petrikov mine, with com-
missioning currently planned for 2024.
Phosphate Rock
A key element in OCP's plans to expand
its phosphate rock mining capacity from
30 million to 55 million mt/y has been the
construction of the 187-km-long pipeline
from Khourigba, inland, to the port and
fertilizer-production complex at Jorf Las-
far. Capable of handling 38 million mt/y
of phosphate rock slurry, the pipeline
has cut the company's logistics costs by
90% while saving some 3 million m
3
of
water a year.
Indeed, that OCP reported EBIT-
DA up from $1.4 billion to $1.8 billion
for the year was due in no small part to
the ramp-up of pipeline operations. The
pipeline handled 6.5 million mt during
2015, more than double that in 2014,
and provided $80 million in transport
cost savings.
During the presentation for its an-
nual results, the company highlighted
China's increasing level of phosphate-
based fertilizer exports to the world market.
Between 2011 and 2015, these rose
from 1.3 million to 10.7 million mt, with
Hard-rock phosphate production at EuroChem's Kovdorskiy apatite mine in northern Russia. The operation is also
the world's sole producer of baddeleyite concentrate.