BAKU, Azerbaijan, Mar.25
By Nargiz Sadikhova - Trend:
The volume of raw and unrefined sulfur output amounted to 637,000 tons in Kazakhstan from January through February 2021, Trend reports with reference to Kazakhstan’s Statistics Committee.
The data said that this is a 8.6 percent decrease in comparison to the same period of 2020. This volume also includes sulfur extraction volumes.
In turn, the volume of sulfur output in Feb. 2021 stood at 309,100 tons, which is 8.1 percent less than in Feb. 2020.
The report also said that marble and limestone stone production amounted to 87,500 million tons over two months of 2021, which compared with the same period last year, is an increase of 60.8 percent.
In turn, marble and limestone production in Feb. amounted to 55,500 cubic meters, which is 2.1 times more compared to Feb. 2020.
The production of granite, sandstone, and stone for monuments amounted to 1.01 million cubic meters from Jan. through Feb. 2021 and 529,000 cubic meters in February alone, which is 4.6 percent and 9.3 percent respectively more than during the same period of last year.
Production of chalk and non-calcined dolomite amounted to 333,000 tons over two months and 176,200 tons in Feb. 2021, which is 9.6 percent and 16.2 percent more than during the same period of last year.
The committee said that asbestos production amounted to 38,000 tons over two months of 2021 (an increase of 8.9 percent), while the production of salt, sodium chloride, and sea salt amounted to 72,523 tons, which is 21.8 percent more than during the same period of last year.
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