Cement News tagged under: Uzbekistan
Anhui Conch in talks on Uzbekistan plant construction28 March 2017, Published under Cement NewsRepresentatives of China’s Anhui Conch Cement Co of China have visited Uzbekistan to discuss cooperation with local construction and production company Umar regarding the implementation of a cement plant in Samarkand, Novosti Uzbekistan news agency reported. Zhao Weiqiang, a senior official of Anhui Conch, said the company is looking to establish a footprint in central Asian countries, adding: “We have the intention to build here a cement plant with annual production capacity of 2Mt of cem... |
Eurocement signs LoI for Uzbek cement plant16 February 2017, Published under Cement NewsRussia’s Eurocement and Uzbekistan’s Uzqurilishmateriallari have signed a letter of intent (LoI) to build a cement plant in Uzbekistan. The new 2.4Mta works is expected to raise Eurocement’s production capacity in the country to 4.2Mta by 2020, according to Eurocement President Mikhail Skorokhod. “Besides construction of the cement plant, we are also discussing projects to upgrade the line for production of magnesia bricks and innovative construction materials, which will be sold not o... |
Uzbekistan: President visits cement plant construction site13 February 2017, Published under Cement NewsPresident Shavkat Mirziyoyev visited the site of the new Almalyk mining-metallurgical complex JSC cement plant that is being built in Sherobod district on Frida,y 10 February 2017. The cement plant, which will be built at the territory of 'Vandob' village of this district, at a cost of US$212.8m is expected to produce 1.5Mta of cement. With commissioning of the enterprise, over a thousand new jobs will be created. The main portion of the production will be directed towards meeting the domes... |
Tajikistan exports 0.3Mt of cement in 201627 January 2017, Published under Cement NewsIn 2016 Tajikistan exported 300,000t of cement, mainly to Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, according to Tajik Minister of Industry and New Technologies, Shavkat Bobozoda. Over the first nine months of last year, Tajikistan sent 35,000t of cement to Uzbekistan. Previously Tajikistan exported cement only to Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan. Over the report period, Tajikistan sent 96,000t of cement to Afghanistan and 30,000t of cement to Kyrgyzstan. Besides, Tajikistan exported 65t of ceme... |
Tajikistan: cement production rises 40% in 11M201605 January 2017, Published under Cement NewsProduction of cement in Tajikistan rose by over 41 per cent in the first 11 months of 2016 compared to the same period in the previous year, the Times of Central Asia reports. In total, the country produced more than 1.8Mt of cement in the 11 months to November 2016. Tajikistan currently has 12 cement plants with a combined capacity of 4Mta, the newest of which – operated by Jung-Tsai Mohir Cement – has a capacity of 1.2Mta. Exports from Tajikistan amounted to 256,000t in the first ... |
Tajikistan starts cement exports to Uzbekistan18 October 2016, Published under Cement NewsTajikistan has commenced the export of cement to Uzbekistan, according to the Tajik Ministry of Industry. Since the start of this year, the country has witnessed a steep growth in cement output, boosted by the commissioning of Huaxin Gayur Cement Co, which commissioned its Yovon plant in late September 2015 and first shipped cement to Afghanistan in January 2016. In the first nine months of 2016, Tajikistan produced 1.508Mt of cement, 408,200t more than the previous year’s correspondi... |
Kazakhstan: a nation’s vision17 October 2016, Published under Cement NewsWhile the need for infrastructure and housing is considerable in Kazakhstan, lower oil receipts, a depreciating tenge and sluggish global growth conspire against elevated levels of public spending. However, the government has pinned its hopes on foreign investment to meet construction demand as well as expand the cement production base, which in turn will reduce expensive imports. While cement demand growth rates of the past are not expected going forward, Kazakhstan still has a co... |
Uzbekistan: Ahangarancement JSC raises output by 6% in 9M1617 October 2016, Published under Cement NewsBetween January-September 2016 Ahangarancement JSC, the second-largest cement producer in Uzbekistan, increased cement production by six per cent to 1.418Mt, as compared to the same period of last year. The cement producer, which runs a 1.986Mta plant in Ahagaran, Tashkent, saw clinker production for the first nine months of 2016 rise by 3.8 per cent to 1.015Mt. In total, the company supplied 1.424Mt of cement (+6.1 per cent YoY) to customers from the beginning of 2016. In 2015 it incr... |
Schade Lagertechnik secures order in Uzbekistan30 August 2016, Published under Cement NewsKyzulkumzement in Uzbekistan awarded Schade, part of the Aumund Group, the contract to supply two bridge-type reclaimers and a stacker to its plant. The two reclaimers, each with a capacity of 1000tph and a rail span of 30m and the 1200tph stacker will be delivered in the autumn of 2017 so that the plant can be commissioned in early 2018. The project is being realised with the aid of World Bank financing. The order, which is realised with finance from the World Bank, is part of the mod... |
Sino-Uzbek JV brings Karakalpakstan plant online11 August 2016, Published under Cement NewsUzbek-Chinese joint venture, Titan Cement, recently brought its new plant in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan, into operation. The total cost of the project exceeded US$25m and resulted in the creation of more than 200 jobs. Initially the Chinese faction of the joint venture intended the project to have a capacity of no more than 60,000tpa, but following the discovery that there was a raised demand for high-quality, inexpensive cement in the region, plant capacity was increased more than three... |