Chemicals

The most important entities of the chemical segment in 2010 were ANWIL (Poland) and Spolana (Czech Republic). As a result of optimisation of the core business in the 4th quarter of 2010 all assets in SK EUROCHEM and Arbud were sold, whereas the sale of shares in Apex-Elzar was finalised in January 2011..

 

 

  

Structure of chemical segment in 2010

Production

Main products of the chemical segment are:

• polyvinyl chloride,
• sodium hydroxide,
• granulates and mixtures on the basis of PVC,
• nitrogenous fertilisers,
• caprolactam.

Production volumes at Anwil (‘000 tonnes)

	2009	2010	Dynamics 2010/2009
Polyvinyl chloride	257	195	-24%
PVC processing	53	52	-2%
Sodium hydroxide (per 100% NaOH)	155	76	-51%
Nitrogenous fertilisers* (per nitrogen)	281	282	0%
Total/td>	746	605	-19%

* Covers nitrate and Canwil.

Production volumes at Spolana (‘000 tonnes)

	2009	2010	Dynamics 2010/2009
Polyvinyl chloride	117	110	-6%
Sodium hydroxide (per 100% NaOH)	88	85	-3%
Caprolactam	39	43	10%
Ammonium sulphate (per nitrogen)	37	41	11%
Total	281	279	-1%