HORLIVKA (Donetsk region), Oct. 19 – The volume of the Ukrainian mineral fertilizers market will double by 2017, Dmytro Firtash, the owner of four out of the six Ukrainian nitric fertilizer plants, said.

"We're sure that the Ukrainian market will double by 2017. Even according to pessimistic forecasts, it is anticipated that the growth will be 1.7 times. We trust the forecast and we're making serious investments in our companies," the businessman said during his visit to public joint-stock company Stirol Concern Horlivka (Donetsk region).