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Raw sulfur, chalk production volumes drop in Kazakhstan year-on-year

Business Materials 21 December 2020 14:21 (UTC +04:00)
Raw sulfur, chalk production volumes drop in Kazakhstan year-on-year

BAKU, Azerbaijan, Dec.21

By Nargiz Sadikhova - Trend:

The volume of raw and unrefined sulfur output amounted to 3.5 million tons in Kazakhstan over the period of the first 11 months of 2020, Trend reports with reference to Kazakhstan’s Statistics Committee.

The data said that this is a 3.7 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 Nov. 2020 stood at 336,400 tons, which is 2.9 percent less than in Nov. 2019.

The report also said that marble and limestone stone production amounted to 668,100 million tons over 11 months of 2020, which compared with the same period last year, is an increase of 30 percent.

In turn, marble and limestone production in Nov. amounted to 202,800 cubic meters, which is 2.02 times more compared to Nov. 2019.

The production of granite, sandstone, and stone for monuments amounted to 6.1 million cubic meters in 11 months and 629,100 cubic meters in November, which is respectively 15.1 percent less and 21.3 percent more than during the same period of last year.

Production of chalk and non-calcined dolomite amounted to 1.7 million tons over 11 months and 142,700 tons in Nov. 2020, which is 0.6 percent more and 15.9 percent less than during the same period of last year.

The committee said that asbestos production amounted to 213,300 tons over 11 months (an increase of 9.4 percent), while the production of salt, sodium chloride, and sea salt amounted to 1.04 million tons, which is 9.4 percent more than during the same period of last year.

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