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Uzbek plant increases cement production

Uzbekistan Materials 23 January 2017 17:02 (UTC +04:00)

Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Jan. 23

By Demir Azizov - Trend:

Ahangarancement JSC (Ahangaran city, Tashkent region), the second largest cement producer in Uzbekistan, increased cement production by 5.2 percent to 1.863 million tons in 2016, as compared to last year, a source in the plant told Trend Jan. 23.

Clinker production in 2016 grew by 4.9 percent - to 1.344 million tons, the source said.

In total, the company supplied 1.858 million tons of cement (4.8 percent increase) to customers in 2016.

In 2015, Ahangarancement JSC increased cement production by 4.1 percent, as compared to 2014 - to 1.771 million tons and clinker production - by 3.4 percent, to 1.282 million tons.

Presently, some seven cement plants with a total installed capacity of more than seven million tons operate in Uzbekistan. The largest are Kizilkumcement JSC (3.08 million tons), Ahangarancement JSC (1.8 million tons) and Kuvasaycement JSC (920,000 tons).

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