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Holcim inaugurates new Garadagh line, Azerbaijan

10 July 2012, Published under Cement News

President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan has attended the official inauguration of Holcim’s new dry-process line at its Garadagh cement plant in Baku. The new 1.7Mta kiln replaces the existing wet-process production and involved an investment of EUR300m. The modernisation project will enable higher production volumes, lower fuel and energy consumption and reduce emissions from the cement manufacturing process. The first clinker was produced by this new line at the end of last year. ...

New cement plant opened in Azerbaijan

01 June 2012, Published under Cement News

President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan has opened a new cement plant in Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. The 800tpd cement plant by LLC Nakhchivan Cement will serve domestic requirements and some volumes could be sent to exports, local press reports.

Azerbaijan readies itself to export cement by 2014

29 February 2012, Published under Cement News

The government of Azerbaijan has said that by 2014 the country will be exporting 25 per cent of the cement it produces as new capacity comes on-stream in the coming years. President Ilham Aliyev said that domestic production covers 44 per cent of domestic demand, by 2013 this figure will reach 75 per cent, and by 2014 production will supass demand to 125 per cent. "As a result, in two years due to construction of new cement plants, Azerbaijan will be able to export 25 per cent of cemen...

Gyzyldash cement plant scheduled to begin in 2013

10 February 2012, Published under Cement News

Within the next month Gyzyldash Cement will begin construction of a 5000tpd clinker plan (2Mta cement plant) in Azerbaijan. The contract was signed by Azerbaijan with Norm LLC and a consortium consisting of China Triumph International Engineering Co (CTIEC) and Japanese Mitsubishi Corporation for the turnkey construction of the plant. CEO of Norm LLC Hasan Yalchinkaya said in an interview with Turan Information Agency, the project works are on schedule and in May 2013 the test production ...