BAKU, Azerbaijan, Apr.23
By Nargiz Sadikhova - Trend:
The volume of raw and unrefined sulfur output amounted to 993,100 tons in Kazakhstan from January through March 2021, Trend reports with reference to Kazakhstan’s Statistics Committee.
The data said that this is a 6.8 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 Mar. 2021 stood at 356,100 tons, which is 3.3 percent less than in Mar. 2020.
The report also said that marble and limestone stone production amounted to 143,100 million tons over three months of 2021, which compared with the same period last year, is an increase of 78 percent.
In turn, marble and limestone production in Mar. amounted to 55,600 cubic meters, which is 2.1 times more compared to Mar. 2020.
The production of granite, sandstone, and stone for monuments amounted to 1.6 million cubic meters from Jan. through Mar. 2021 and 596,000 cubic meters in March alone, which is 10.8 percent and 23.1 percent more respectively than during the same period of last year.
Production of chalk and non-calcined dolomite amounted to 508,500 tons over three months and 175,500 tons in Mar. 2021, which is 10.2 percent and 11.5 percent more than during the same period of last year.
The committee said that asbestos production amounted to 60,300 tons over three months of 2021 (an increase of 19.4 percent), while the production of salt, sodium chloride, and sea salt amounted to 126,752 tons, which is 37.4 percent more than during the same period of last year.
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