BAKU, Azerbaijan, Aug.31
By Nargiz Sadikhova - Trend:
The volume of raw and unrefined sulfur output amounted to 2.2 million tons in Kazakhstan over the period of the first seven months of 2020, Trend reports with reference to Kazakhstan’s Statistics Committee.
The data said that this is a 2.3 percent decrease in comparison to the same period of 2019. This volume also includes sulfur extraction volumes.
In turn, the volume of sulfur output in July 2020 stood at 280,200 tons, which is 22.1 percent more than in July 2019.
The report also said that marble and limestone stone production amounted to 286,200 million tons over seven months of 2020, which compared with the same period last year, is an increase of 12.8 percent.
In turn, marble and limestone production in July amounted to 26,100 cubic meters, which is a decrease of 45.7 percent compared to July 2019.
The production of granite, sandstone, and stone for monuments amounted to 3.5 million cubic meters in seven months and 500,300 cubic meters in July, which is respectively 22.9 percent and 34.3 percent less than during the same period of last year.
Production of chalk and non-calcined dolomite amounted to 1.1 million tons over seven months and 159,200 tons in July 2020, which is 8.7 percent more and 13.4 percent less than during the same period of last year.
The committee said that asbestos production amounted to 122,200 tons over seven months (an increase of 2.8 percent), while the production of salt, sodium chloride, and sea salt amounted to 499,066 tons, which is 13.4 percent more than during the same period of last year.
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