KIEV, April 22 - EuroChem Mineral & Chemical Company still plans to bid in the tender for a 99.52% stake in the Odessa Portside Plant (OPP), one of Ukraine's largest chemical companies, even if the plant's ammonia loading facility is not included, the head of the Russian company's Ukrainian office, Viktor Kovalsky said on Monday.

"We do not intend to abandon plans to bid in the tender, even if the terminal business is removed," Kovalsky told reporters.