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Business review<br />
Risk management <strong>report</strong> continued<br />
Overview of main risks and trends in their assessment<br />
Internal risks<br />
Probability<br />
High<br />
Medium<br />
Each circle represents the estimated position of a key risk as at 31 December <strong>2011</strong>. The dotted arrows illustrate changes to risk perception over the previous<br />
six-month period. The absence of an arrow implies a stable risk perception.<br />
The table below summarises the key factors behind the highlighted changes in the risk assessments shown:<br />
64 EuroChem Annual Report and Accounts <strong>2011</strong><br />
Preceding six months Following six months<br />
Direction Cause Direction Cause<br />
P3 Lack of own phosphate rock capacity Increasing Additional delays to the start<br />
of phosphate rock mining<br />
operations in Kazakhstan<br />
R2 Import duties and other trade barriers in key markets Decreasing Expected Russia WTO<br />
accession from second<br />
half of 2012<br />
K1 Technical risks to potash projects Increasing Difficult subsoil conditions<br />
have led to production start-up<br />
delays<br />
N1 Narrowing of natural gas price differential between<br />
Russia and Europe<br />
L1<br />
N2<br />
P2<br />
Low<br />
Impact<br />
Low Medium High<br />
N1<br />
L1<br />
N1<br />
External risks<br />
Probability<br />
High<br />
Decreasing Acquisition of Severneft-<br />
Urengoy<br />
L1 Logistical bottlenecks Decreasing Operational debut of Tuapse<br />
and purchase of Panamax<br />
vessel<br />
K1<br />
K1<br />
Medium<br />
R2<br />
P3<br />
R2<br />
K4,P2<br />
P1<br />
Low<br />
Impact<br />
Low Medium High<br />
N1<br />
R1<br />
D2<br />
E1<br />
N3<br />
D1<br />
P3<br />
F1<br />
Stable No further changes prior to the<br />
expected start-up of production<br />
in 2013 in Kazakhstan<br />
Decreasing Removal of anti-dumping duties<br />
Stable Significant changes are not<br />
expected until the completion<br />
of skip shaft #1<br />
Decreasing Investment strategy targeting<br />
further integration in natural<br />
gas and other raw materials<br />
Decreasing Acquisition of second Panamax<br />
vessel in early 2012