Acron will have to reduce phosphate mining at its Oleniy Ruchey mine from 2021 and partially switch to raw materials from Morocco if it makes a final decision to increase mining taxes. "Oleniy Ruchey is already operating at a negative profitability (-14%). If the mineral extraction tax on apatite-nepheline ore grows 3.5 times, its profitability will drop to -30%. The Company estimates additional MET expenses in 2021 at ₽600 million.