Yara International

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Yara International ASA
Company typeAllmennaksjeselskap
OSE: YAR
IndustryChemicals
Founded1905
HeadquartersOslo, Norway
Key people
Svein Tore Holsether (President and CEO), Leif Teksum (Chairman)
ProductsNitrogen fertilizers, nitrates
RevenueIncrease NOK 2.322 Billion (Fiscal Year Ended 31 December 2020)[1]
Decrease –NOK 1.226 Billion (Fiscal Year Ended 31 December 2020)[1]
Increase NOK 15.690 Billion (Fiscal Year Ended 31 December 2020)[1]
Total assetsIncrease NOK 83.561 Billion (Fiscal Year Ended 31 December 2020)[1]
Total equityIncrease NOK 16.711 Billion (Fiscal Year Ended 31 December 2020)[1]
Number of employees
17,000 (end 2020)[2]
Websitewww.yara.com
Svein Tore Holsether, President and CEO of Yara International ASA

Yara International ASA is a Norwegian chemical company. It produces, distributes, and sells nitrogen-based mineral fertilizers and related industrial products. Its product line also includes phosphate and potash-based mineral fertilizers, as well as complex and specialty mineral fertilizer products.[3][4][5]

The company was established in 1905 as Norsk Hydro — the world's first producer of mineral nitrogen fertilizers — and de-merged as Yara International ASA on 25 March 2004.[6] Yara is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange and has its headquarters in Oslo. The company has more than 17,000 employees, production sites on six continents, operations in more than 60 countries and sales to about 150 countries.[7]

The Norwegian government owns more than a third of Yara and is its largest shareholder.[8]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Yara International ASA 2020 Integrated Annual Report". yara.com. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Financial Report 2015" (PDF). Yara International. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 March 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Mergers in the fertiliser industry". The Economist. 18 February 2010. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
  4. ^ Stigset, Marianne (15 July 2008). "Yara Quarterly Profit Gains Threefold; Buys Plant". Bloomberg. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
  5. ^ "Yara International ASA - Company Profile and News". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  6. ^ Release, Press (6 December 2020). "Yara International ASA". NewsnReleases. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  7. ^ "Company overview". Investor Relations. Archived from the original on 1 January 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  8. ^ Richard Milne (7 October 2014). "Yara ousts chief amid $27bn merger talks with CF: Chairman of Norwegian fertiliser company rejects image of chaos". Financial Times. Retrieved 5 July 2016.