BAKU, Azerbaijan, Aug. 12
By Ilkin Seyfaddini - Trend:
Uzbekistan plans to increase cement production by 60 percent by the end of 2020, Trend reports with reference to Uzbekistan National News Agency.
The design capacity of cement production facilities in Uzbekistan is expected to reach 20 million tons a year.
Ozsanoatqurilishmateriallari Joint Stock Company (Uzbek major producer of construction materials) plans to commission 10 new plants for the production of cement in the period from 2020 through 2021.
Currently, six large and 19 smaller cement enterprises with a total capacity of 11.1 million tons operate in Uzbekistan. The largest of them are: JSC Kyzylkumcement (3.1 million tons), JSC Ahangarancement (2.2 million tons) and the Sherabad Cement Plant (1.5 million tons).
The government of Uzbekistan set a task for Ozsanoatqurilishmateriallari JSC to bring the production to 22 trillion soum ($2.1 billion) by the end of the year. It was entrusted to expand production to substitute import of construction materials.
Uzbekistan has 275 promising deposits of necessary raw materials, and 14 projects worth $52 million are being implemented in Gazgan settlement of Nurata district.
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