SDS-Nitrogen

Since December 2011, SDS Azot JSC has been under the control of SDS HC. The company combines KAO Azot (Kemerovo) and LLC Angarsk Nitrogen-Tukovy Zavod (Angarsk).

History

2024: Siberian Business Union sold 40% of Azot

On August 12, 2024, it became known that the founder of the Siberian Business Union (SDS) holding, Mikhail Fedyaev, decided to sell his stake in one of the largest fertilizer producers in Russia, the Azot group of companies. We are talking about 40% of the shares that belonged to Fedyaev through Azot Invest. As follows from the data of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS), the petition for the acquisition of this share came from an unnamed person, however, as Kommersant writes, the buyer may be Roman Trotsenko, who owns the remaining 60% of Nitrogen shares.

According to the newspaper, Mikhail Fedyaev's shares belong to Azot Invest, which owns 40% of Azot Group of Companies. The potential buyer has not yet been disclosed, however, according to industry experts, the most likely acquirer is Roman Trotsenko, who controls 60% of the company. In the event of a successful transaction, he will become the sole owner of Azot Group of Companies, which will significantly strengthen his position in the market.

Freepik

The Azot Group of Companies was established in 2006 on the basis of SIBUR-Minudobreniya assets acquired by the SDS holding. Today it unites such enterprises as Kemerovo Azot, Angarsk Nitrogen and Fuel Plant, Meleuzovsky Mineral Fertilizers JSC and Ammoniy JSC in Tatarstan. At the beginning of 2024, Azot expanded its activities, gaining control over the project for the construction of a plant with a capacity of 1 million tons of methanol per year in Volgograd.

According to the data provided by the enterprise itself, the production facilities of the Azot group of companies make it possible to produce about 2 million tons of ammonia, 2.4 million tons of ammonium nitrate and about 1.4 million tons of urea annually.

The low cost of producing nitrogen fertilizers in Russia is due to the availability of gas, which makes domestic products competitive both in the domestic and foreign markets. More than 80% of the urea produced is exported, whereas ammonium nitrate is mainly consumed domestically, where it is used in agriculture and industry.^[1]

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