BAKU, Azerbaijan, Nov.24
By Nargiz Sadikhova - Trend:
The volume of raw and unrefined sulfur output amounted to 3.2 million tons in Kazakhstan over the period of the first ten months of 2020, Trend reports with reference to Kazakhstan’s Statistics Committee.
The data said that this is a 3.8 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 Oct. 2020 stood at 324,700 tons, which is 11.1 percent less than in Oct. 2019.
The report also said that marble and limestone stone production amounted to 465,300 million tons over ten months of 2020, which compared with the same period last year, is an increase of 5.6 percent.
In turn, marble and limestone production in Oct. amounted to 64,100 cubic meters, which is a decrease of 10.7 percent compared to Oct. 2019.
The production of granite, sandstone, and stone for monuments amounted to 5.4 million cubic meters in ten months and 636,100 cubic meters in October, which is respectively 17.9 percent less and 22.6 percent more than during the same period of last year.
Production of chalk and non-calcined dolomite amounted to 1.5 million tons over ten months and 163,700 tons in Oct. 2020, which is 2.4 percent more and 3.5 percent less than during the same period of last year.
The committee said that asbestos production amounted to 191,600 tons over ten months (an increase of 9.1 percent), while the production of salt, sodium chloride, and sea salt amounted to 896,171 tons, which is 2.3 percent more than during the same period of last year.
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