Agrofert controls most of the Czech fertilizer market

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Agrofert Holding (AH) (Prague, Czech Republic), holding chemical and agricultural company, now controls the decisive part of the Czech fertilizer market. It has occupied this position due to the acquisition of Lovochemie (Lovosice, Czech Republic), the largest fertilizer producer in the Czech Republic. AH's pesticide suppliers are mainly Synthesia (Pardubice, Czech Republic), Monsanto (US) and Bayer (Germany). Chemical production and trade in chemicals had the biggest share in AH's 2000 pre-tax profit, which amounted to CEK 2.8 bil according to preliminary results. The company made the big profit despite the fact that the consumption of industrial fertilizers in Czech agriculture had dropped fourfold from 1999 to 2000.

Market share, Agricultural Chemicals, Financial Holding Companies, Offices of Bank Holding Companies, Fertilizer Manufacturing, Holding Offices, Fertilizers, Agrofert Holding, Lovochemie

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Czech ceramic firms prepare a merger

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Keramika Horni Briza (KHB) (Horni Briza, Czech Republic), Chlumcanske keramicke zavody (CHKZ) (Chlumcany, Czech Republic) and Rako (Rakovnik, Czech Republic), ceramic firms, are preparing a merger. The merger will be realized by Lasselsberger (Austria), which will transfer its stakes in KHB and CHKZ to the concern Deutsche Steinzeug Cremer und Breuer (Germany), Rako's owner. If the merger is agreed by the Office for Fair Trading of the Czech Republic, a ceramic giant with a total production volume of 27 mil sq mt of tiles per year and a 95% share on the total Czech tile production market will be set up.

Pottery, Ceramics, and Plumbing Fixture Manufacturing, Ceramic Materials, Pottery and Related Products, Ceramic wall and floor tile, Ceramic Wall & Floor Tile, Ceramic Wall and Floor Tile Manufacturing, Ceramics & Related Products, Tiles, Ceramics, Ceramic products, Keramika Horni Briza, Rako, Chlumcanske Keramicke Zavody

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OKD crosses the border

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OKD (Ostrava, Czech Republic), mining firm, plans to extract coal in the mine Morcinek in Poland. OKD has a majority stake held by the group Karbon Invest (KI) (Czech Republic), which has acquired a stake in Karbonnia PL (Poland). Karbonnia PL, which owns some of the land of the liquidated mine Morcinek and a licence to exploit gas, is negotiating a licence to extract coal. OKD plans to cross the Czech and Polish border and to connect the former mine Morcinek, Poland, to the mines CSM and Darkov in the region Karvina, the Czech Republic.

Foreign operations, Poland, Bituminous Coal and Lignite Mining, Coal, Coal Mining, Ostravsko-Karvinske Doly, Karbonnia PL

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