Grupa Azoty Puławy has signed a Letter of Intent with Skłodowski sp. z o.o., signaling its interest in collaboration on renewable ammonia, which is planned to be produced at Skłodowski’s production facility.

After negotiations that began in early July, the Management Board of Grupa Azoty Puławy has signed an agreement with workplace trade unions to suspend selected cost-intensive provisions of the Collective Labor Agreement (ZUZP). Similar agreements were concluded earlier this year with Grupa Azoty S.A., Grupa Azoty Police, and Grupa Azoty Kędzierzyn in late August. As a result, cost-intensive provisions of the ZUZP have now been suspended in the four key companies of the Grupa Azoty Capital Group, in line with the corrective measures outlined by the Management Board of Grupa Azoty.

The Management Board of Grupa Azoty has adopted a resolution to integrate companies within its Capital Group that provide business support services, including investment preparation and maintenance. Work is currently underway to finalize the integration schedule and the target organizational model. By the end of November, a dedicated project team will develop an organizational and ownership structure designed to deliver the anticipated business and financial benefits of the integration. This initiative is a key element of the restructuring process aimed at achieving significant cost optimizations.

Grupa Azoty Puławy has filed a complaint with the prosecutor’s office concerning suspected criminal actions involving sponsorship and advertising agreements, as well as donation agreements, which reportedly caused financial damages exceeding PLN 5.2 million. The agreements in question were signed starting in Q4 2022, during a period when Grupa Azoty Puławy began experiencing record losses.

Grupa Azoty has expanded its portfolio with a new version of RSM®, a popular urea-ammonium nitrate solution, now enhanced with copper, boron, and molybdenum. Importantly, the light blue color of the new RSM® OPTIMA will help farmers easily identify the product’s country of origin, as Grupa Azoty will be the only producer offering RSM® in this color. This measure addresses the challenge of fertilizer imports, which are often of questionable quality; for example, the practice of diluting fertilizer with water results in products that fail to maintain the specified concentration.

Grupa Azoty’s financial results for Q2 and H1 2024 align with the preliminary results published on August 26, 2024. In H1 2024, the Group achieved consolidated sales revenues of PLN 6.743 billion, with an EBITDA of minus PLN 179 million and an EBITDA margin of minus 2.7%, marking an improvement of nearly PLN 830 million compared to the same period in 2023. The net loss for H1 2024, at PLN 748 million, was reduced by more than PLN 300 million compared to the PLN 1.098 billion loss reported in H1 2023.