Operations
Acron is a global mineral fertiliser producer with a diversified product portfolio consisting of complex fertilisers such as NPK and bulk blends, and nitrogen fertilisers such as urea, ammonium nitrate and urea-ammonium nitrate. The Group's key markets are Russia, China and other Asian countries, Europe, Americas.
Acron has three production facilities – Acron (Veliky Novgorod, Russia), Dorogobuzh (Smolensk Region, Russia) and Hongri Acron (Shandong Province, China). Acron’s logistics and transportation capabilities include its own fleet of railway cars and three sea port trans-shipment facilities on the Baltic Sea – at the Kaliningrad port of Russia, at the Estonian Sillamäe port and at the Estonian Muuga port. The Group operates distribution networks in Russia and China. Acron employs over 14,000 people. North-Western Phosphorus Company (NWPC) was established by Acron in 2005 to secure an independent phosphate raw material base. On 24 October 2006 NWPC obtained state licences to develop apatite-nepheline ore deposits at the Oleniy Ruchey and Partomchorr fields in the Murmansk region.
Oleniy Ruchey Mine:
- 2009–2011 Construction of the processing facilities, an open pit and infrastructure.
- 2012 Completion of the mine’s first stage; own phosphate production (1 mn tpa capacity).
- 2012–2017 Commissioning of the underground mine, the second mine’s stage. Increase in apatite concentrate production capacity to 2 mn tpa.
Verkhnekamsk Potash Company (VPC) is executing a strategic project to create a potash raw material base for Acron Group. In 2008, Acron Group obtained a license to develop the Talitsky area of the Verkhnekamsk potassium-magnesium salt deposit. Design work is underway for the Talitsky mining and processing complex, with a projected capacity of 2 million tonnes of potash per year.
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