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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

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