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Sechin Backs Potash Merger

The government supports the possible merger between Silvinit and Uralkali, the country’s two biggest potash producers, Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin said Wednesday.

Concerns about the market share that a combined company would have will be addressed by the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service, Sechin told reporters in Krasnoyarsk. 

(Bloomberg)


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