17 Sep 2010 15:59

Russian Technologies drops interest in Silvinit shares, fertilizer alliance

SOCHI. Sept 17 (Interfax) - The state Russian Technologies (Rostekhnologii) corporation is no longer interested in buying shares in potash miner Silvinit or in creating an alliance of mineral fertilizer producers, the corporation's chief, Sergei Chemezov, told reporters.

"The subject's closed," he said, when asked whether these plans were still being harbored.