UralChem to build fertilizer plant in Belarus - shareholder

MINSK. June 8 (Interfax) - Russian fertilizer group UralChem is investing in the construction of a fertilizer plant in Belarus, Russian businessman Dmitry Mazepin, a shareholder of the company, said.

"We agreed with the [Belarusian] prime minister that we will build a small plant that will produce water soluble fertilizer," Mazepin said on TV channel Belarus 1 on Sunday.

"The plant will be built on the basis of the Gomel Chemical Plant. And these fertilizers are special fertilizers that are used in greenhouses. So we're coming to an agreement that in the course of two years we, as the company UralChem, will invest and build this plant," Mazepin said.