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almost 20% to record 9.4 mln tons, while deliveries to African countries having doubled in five years to 1.6 mln tons last year, Guryev said.
Meanwhile, supplies to European and North American countries, which fell by 26% in 2022 to almost 3 mln tons, rose slightly in 2023 due to carbamide. "However, total volumes of imports to those regions are lower than in 2020-2021, with reduction having affected mainly North European countries (Scandinavia, the UK, Ireland), Eastern Europe and the Baltic states, Canada, Australia, including as a result of self-sanctions (ban on using fertilizers from Russia - TASS) that was imposed," he said.
Overall Russia’s share on the global market of mineral fertilizers amounts to 18%, which means every sixth ton globally is imported from Russia, Guryev added.
9.2.14 Mines and Minerals - other
Russian specialists have extracted hundreds of kilograms of lithium from two Rosneft oil fields. The raw material for batteries, which are extensively used in green energy, can be harvested alongside hydrocarbons. The fields are located in the Krasnoyarsk region, with reserves estimated at 3.5mn tonnes of lithium and over 300mn tonnes of oil and gas condensate respectively. The Yurubcheno-Tokhomskoye field is considered the oldest in the world, with Rosneft estimating its age at 1bn years.
9.2.15 Transport corporate news 9.2.16 Other sector corporate news
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