Tuesday, 24 September 2013

China Buys 12.5 Percent Stake in Uralkali | Business | The Moscow Times

China Buys 12.5 Percent Stake in Uralkali | Business | The Moscow Times:

"China, the world's largest consumer of potash, has acquired a 12.5 percent stake in Russia's Uralkali, the leading producer of the soil nutrient, Uralkali said Tuesday.

The deal, a rare example of the Chinese acquiring direct ownership of Russian natural resource assets, took place amid speculation that tycoon Suleiman Kerimov might sell his large stake in Uralkali over a dispute between Russia and Belarus.

Chinese sovereign wealth fund China Investment Corp, or CIC, received the stake in Uralkali in a bond exchange deal with Wadge Holdings Ltd.

Wadge, owned by Uralkali's main shareholders, sold the exchangeable bonds to Chengdong Investment Corp, a subsidiary of CIC, last November."

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