Turkmenistan, Ashgabat, July 12 / Trend, H. Hasanov /
The construction of another cement plant with a capacity of 1 million tons of products per year in the Garlyk village will be completed soon, an official Turkmen source said on Thursday.
The project is implemented by Turkish Polimeks company. The plant is designed to produce 3,000 tons of high-quality portland cement of brand 400, 500 per day.
The plant will also produce cement required for cementation in oil and gas industries and the sulphate-resistant cement used in hydrotechnical structures.
In October 2011, the Turkish company commissioned a similar plant in the west of Turkmenistan - in the vicinity of Jebel city in the Balkan region. Its cost was estimated at 180 million euros.