Tajikistan eyes 20% increase in cement output in 2020
Tajikistan has significantly increased production of cement this year despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated economic recession in the country, according...
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Steppe Cement price focus helps lift 1H turnover
Steppe Cement reported a 15 per cent decline in volumes for the first half of 2017 while turnover was up by four per cent over the same period as the Kazakhstan-based producer f...
Steppe Cement 1Q17 volumes down as Kazakh market contracts
Steppe Cement reported a 35 per cent YoY decline in cement sales volumes to 124,669t in the first quarter of 2017 as cement consumption in Kazakhstan fell five per cent YoY.
Turkmenistan looks to increase production capacity
President of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhammadov, has called on relevant government ministers to consider possibilities of increasing cement production in the country, the ...
Tajikistan ratifies agreement on new plants
Tajikistan's lower chamber of parliament on Wednesday ratified an investment agreement signed between Tajikistan and Chinese cement producer Huaxin for the construction of two g...
Italcementi obtains EBRD loan for plant revamp
The Italcementi Group has signed an agreement with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) granting it a loan for approximately EUR20m to fund the modernisat...
Tajikistan 10-month output rises
Over the first 10 months of this year Tajikistan produced more than 1Mt of cement, an increase of 776,000t compared to the same period of last year, according to the Ministry of...
Tajik-Chinese talks over new plant project
Talks between Tajiki and Chinese investors are underway over the construction of a cement plant in the south of the central Asian country. The 1Mta cement plant is expected to b...
Steppe Cement profit rises as Kazakh market grows 13%
Kazakhstan-based Steppe Cement Friday reported an increase in profit and revenue in the full year 2013, as domestic demand grew by double-digit figures.
Steppe Cement 1Q14 market update, Kazakhstan
Steppe Cement Ltd said it sold 198,607t of cement in the 1Q14 for KZT2486m (US$13.7m), compared to 166,121t of cement for KZT2272m in 1Q13, representing an increase of 20 and ni...