BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 17
By Nargiz Sadikhova - Trend:
The volume of raw and unrefined sulfur output amounted to 1.6 million tons in Kazakhstan from January through May 2021, Trend reports with reference to Kazakhstan’s Statistics Committee.
The data said that this is a 3.2-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 May 2021 stood at 343,200 tons, which is 9.9 percent more than in May 2020.
The report also said that marble and limestone stone production amounted to 235,500 million tons over five months of 2021, which compared with the same period last year, is an increase of 9.3 percent.
In turn, marble and limestone production in May amounted to 32,500 cubic meters, which is 58.2 percent less compared to May 2020.
The production of granite, sandstone, and stone for monuments amounted to 2.4 million cubic meters from January through May 2021 and 310,700 cubic meters in May alone, which is 8.5 percent less and 51.4 percent less respectively than during the same period of last year.
Production of chalk and non-calcined dolomite amounted to 842,600 tons over five months and 157,700 tons in May 2021, which is 8.1 percent more and 0.4 percent less than during the same period of last year.
The committee said that asbestos production amounted to 102,300 tons over five months of 2021 (an increase of 24.3 percent), while the production of salt, sodium chloride, and sea salt amounted to 316,970 tons, which is 2 percent more than during the same period of last year.
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