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Tajikistan produces 1.6Mt of cement in 5M19

05 July 2019, Published under Cement News

Cement producers in Tajikistan have manufactured 1.575Mt of cement in the first five months of 2019, according to the Ministry of Industry and New Technology. In January-May 2018 output reached 1.473Mt while for the full year, over 3.844Mt was produced. Of this total, 0.619Mt was exported, 53,000t more than in the year-ago period. Uzbekistan was the largest importer with 0.346Mt, followed by Afghanistan (0.246Mt) and Kyrgyzstan (24,500t). The country’s current cement capacity is estimated...

Tajikistan's cement exports rise in 5M19

26 June 2019, Published under Cement News

Tajikistan has exported nearly 620,000t of cement over the first five months of 2019, with average monthly exports at around 124,000t. The total is over 100,000t more than in Jan-May 2018, according to Asia-Plus. In the 5M19 the country exported 346,000t of cement to Uzbekistan, 247,000t to Afghanistan and 27,000t to Kyrgyzstan, according to the Ministry of Industry and New Technologies (MoINT).

Kazakhstan output represents 12 per cent of total Eurasian cement production

21 June 2019, Published under Cement News

Kazakhstan produced 12 per cent of the total volume of cement manufactured in the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) during the 1Q19, according to Trend News Agency. The total volume of output in the first quarter reached 12.03Mt, or on average 16-19 per cent of the annual volume due to the seasonal nature of cement production and demand. Some 77.5 per cent is produced by Russia, which is the largest producer in the block. Kazakhstan follows with 12 per cent while Belarus and Kyrgyzstan have sh...

Uzbekistan blocks export of Kyrgyz cement

22 May 2019, Published under Cement News

Uzbekistan blocks export of cement from Kyrgyzstan, MP Azamat Arapbaev said at the meeting of the Kyrgyz parliamentary committee of economic and fiscal policy, according to Central Asia News. Several Kyrgyz cement companies located in the south of the country export some of their output to Uzbekistan. “They can’t supply cement solely to our market, it is small, enterprises will stand idle then. We need to find out why such restrictions were imposed,” the lawmaker said. Talks were report...

Tajikstan sees cement exports rise 37% in 8M18

20 September 2018, Published under Cement News

Tajik cement exports increased to 0.92Mt in January-August 2018, a rise of 37 per cent in average monthly exports when compared with 2017, according to the country’s statistics agency. In 2017 Tajikistan exported 1Mt of cement. The latest figures mark the country’s switch to being a net exporter. More than half (0.52Mt) of cement exports in 8M18 was delivered to Uzbekistan. Other key destinations for Tajik exports are Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan. In recent years Tajikistan has brought se...

Kyrgyzstan cement production positive in first half of 2018

27 August 2018, Published under Cement News

From January to June 2018, positive production rates were achieved for manufacturing goods in Kyrgyzstan, including the production of 938,700 tonnes of cement, according to the State Committee for Industry, Energy and Subsoil Use.

Kyrgyzstan produces 1.503Mt of cement in 2017

10 May 2018, Published under Cement News

Kyrgyzstan produced 1,503,400t of cement in 2017, according to data of the country’s National Statistics Committee.This represents a 16.6 per cent YoY rise. Cement production in 2016 reached 1,289,000t, a 13.9 per cent drop following an output of 1,496,400t in 2015. The top three companies contributing to the country’s treasury were CJSC South-Kyrgyz Cement (KGS420.9m/US$6.1m), JSC Kant Cement Plant (KGS62.4m) and LLC Southern Combine of Building Materials (KGS115.6m). Retail price...

Tajikistan increases cement exports to Uzbekistan

20 April 2018, Published under Cement News

Cement exports from Tajikistan to Uzbekistan increased by 162,000t in the last year, Exports to Kyrgyzstan were up by 16,800t, but exports to Afghanistan fell by 10,600t (8.8 per cent) in 2017. The main producers of cement in the first quarter of 2018 were the Tajik-Chinese Chung Tsai Mohir Cement and Huaxin Guyar cement companies in Khatlon region. The cement plants of Tajikistan over the first three months (January-March 2018) produced 774,000t of cement, the Ministry of Industry and ...

Plans for new plant in Kyrgyzstan

31 January 2018, Published under Cement News

A new cement plant is to be constructed in Jalal-Abad, Kyrgyzstan. The facility is part of a wave of new investments in the country this year, which is expected to total US$2bn. The project itself represents an investment of US$140m by Chinese investors, according to Central Asia News. The plant is expected to complete the construction stage within two years, and have a capacity of 1.3Mta. Currently, China Energy Reserve and Chemicals Group is completing procedural questions about the sourc...

Kyrgyzstan to attract investment for new Ozgorush plant

19 December 2017, Published under Cement News

The Vice Chairman of the Kyrgyz Government, Dair Kenekeyev, has ordered the Agency for Promotion and Protection of Investments to attract investments to the Ozgorush cement plant. The new plant is expected to have a capacity of 1-1.5Mta of cement.