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Uralchem / TogliattiAzot (ToAz)
Russian nitrogen/ammonia holding company controlling TogliattiAzot (ToAz) — formerly the world's largest single ammonia plant (2M+ MT/year capacity). ToAz exported 2M MT/year via the 2,471km Togliatti-Odessa pipeline to the Black Sea port of Odessa (Pivdenny). Pipeline shut since Russia invaded Ukraine (February 2022). Uralchem reported 'colossal losses' from the shutdown. Before the war, ToAz ammonia represented ~1.3% of global supply from a single facility. Controlled by Dmitry Mazepin (personal EU sanctions). Russia demands pipeline reopening as condition for grain corridor deals.
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4 inputs Uralchem / TogliattiAzot (ToAz) supplies
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Ammonium Nitrate (AN) — Fertilizer / Mining Explosive →
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Anhydrous Ammonia (MAP / DAP Production) →
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UAN Solution (Urea Ammonium Nitrate, 28-32% N) →
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Urea (Granular/Prilled, 46% N) →
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Ammonia Production (TogliattiAzot)
Ammonium Nitrate
Urea & UAN
Phosphate Fertilizers (Voskresensk/VMU)
Complex & NPK Fertilizers
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Did you know2023
Uralchem is one of the world's two or three largest producers of ammonium nitrate (AN) — a product that is simultaneously the most widely used nitrogen fertilizer component and the primary oxidizer in approximately 80% of global industrial explosives (ANFO and emulsion explosives for mining, quarrying, and construction). Russia collectively supplies ~40% of globally traded ammonium nitrate; Uralchem accounts for 22% of Russia's AN output (roughly 8-9% of global AN trade). A sanctions-constrained Russian fertilizer company is thus an invisible chokepoint in the mining industry's explosives supply chain: without AN, most hard-rock mining, coal extraction, and large-scale quarrying would face severe disruption.
Uralchem Holding PLC ↗Capacity2023
Uralchem produced a record 2.3+ million tonnes of ammonium nitrate in 2024 despite sanctions, with Russian export quotas in force (2.6M MT total for Dec 2025-May 2026 across all Russian producers, with a 1-month export ban in March 2026). Russia's ability to periodically restrict AN exports gives it direct leverage over both global food production (fertilizer) and industrial mining operations worldwide — a tool Moscow has not yet fully exercised.
Fertilizer Daily ↗Origin2023
Uralchem Holding was assembled by Dmitry Mazepin starting in 2007 through acquisition of Russian nitrogen assets, culminating in a decade-long hostile corporate battle to acquire TogliattiAzot (ToAz) — originally the world's largest single ammonia plant, built in 1979 with a dedicated 2,471km export pipeline to the Black Sea. Mazepin completed control of ToAz in 2019 via Himaktivinvest. Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the pipeline has been shut, Mazepin placed under EU personal sanctions, and 48% of his Uralchem stake frozen by EU courts.
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