PRESS-RELEASE

URALCHEM summarizes environmental activities

Moscow, July 20, 2015. In 2014, URALCHEM, OJSC invested 284 million rubles on ecological
and environmental protection measures.
The main activities were a decrease in the level of emissions, improvement in the efficiency of
water utilization, energy and resource-saving, as well as waste disposal.
One of the key objectives of the company in the field of energy and resource-saving is to increase
the efficiency of resources used for production. In the reporting period, a plan of energy and
resource-saving measures until 2019 was prepared to address this problem. In 2014, the
enterprises rearranged the main technological equipment aimed at reducing the specific
consumption of natural gas, electricity and at increasing output.
For the period until 2019, URALCHEM plans to invest 732 million rubles in the implementation
of energy-saving measures.
Measures implemented in 2014 in URALCHEM Group have reduced the consumption of natural
gas by 2%, water consumption by 3%, and emissions by 13.4% in comparison with 2013.
In 2014, the costs associated with the implementation of environmental protection measures of
Azot branch of URALCHEM in Berezniki amounted to more than 140 million rubles. In
particular, this has made it possible to bring into operation modern technological systems and
cleaning systems, and to increase the recycling of industrial waste. In the reporting period, filter
elements were exchanged for the purpose of reducing air emissions.
In 2014, the Mineral Fertilizer Plant of Kirovo-Chepetsk Chemical Works (Kirovo-Chepetsk)
invested more than 50 million rubles in the implementation of an Environmental Management
Plan. To improve the reliability of gas-cleaning equipment, the relevant systems were rearranged
and air ducts, aspiration jumpers and coils were installed. The Plant continued to clean flood
water bodies and groundwater, as well as upgrade water and wastewater treatment facilities.
In 2014, Perm Mineral fertilizers, OJSC invested over 93.5 million rubles in ecological programs.
Under the program for air pollution control, gas cleaning equipment was repaired and filters were
exchanged. The water circulation system of the enterprise was improved with the replacement of
the equipment. A new system of syngas dehydration was deployed.
In 2015, the company plans to continue works for the rearrangement of gas treatment and
ventilation systems, water circulation systems and cycles, and to optimize water treatment and
activities for production and consumption waste disposal.

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URALCHEM, OJSC is one of the largest companies on the nitrogen and phosphate
fertilizer market in the Russian Federation and the CIS with production capacities of over
2.8 million tonnes of ammonia, 2.5 million tonnes of ammonium nitrate, 1.2 million tonnes
of urea and 0.8 million tonnes of phosphate and compound fertilizers per year.
URALCHEM, OJSC ranks first in Russia for the production of ammonia and ammonium
nitrate and second for urea. Key production assets of URALCHEM, OJSC include Azot
Branch of URALCHEM, OJSC in Berezniki, Perm Region; OJSC Minudobrenia, Perm;
MFP Kirovo-Chepetsk Chemical Works, OJSC Branch in Kirovo-Chepetsk, Kirov region;
Voskresensk Mineral Fertilisers, OJSC in Voskresensk, Moscow Region.
Some of the information in this press release may contain projections or other forward-looking
statements regarding future events or the future financial performance of URALCHEM. We wish
to caution you that these statements are only predictions. We do not intend to update these
statements and our actual results may differ materially from those contained in our projections or
forward-looking statements, including, among others, the achievement of anticipated levels of
profitability, growth, cost and synergy of our recent acquisitions, the impact of competitive
pricing, the ability to obtain necessary regulatory approvals and licenses, the impact of
developments in the Russian economic, political and legal environment, financial risk
management and the impact of general business and global economic conditions.