BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 23
By Nargiz Sadikhova - Trend:
The volume of raw and unrefined sulfur output amounted to 1.9 million tons in Kazakhstan from January through June 2021, Trend reports with reference to Kazakhstan’s Statistics Committee.
The data said that this is a 0.2-percent increase in comparison to the same period of 2020. This volume also includes sulfur extraction volumes.
In turn, the volume of sulfur output in June 2021 stood at 327,200 tons, which is 22.2 percent more than in June 2020.
The report also said that marble and limestone stone production amounted to 259,900 million tons over six months of 2021, which compared with the same period last year, is a decrease of 8 percent.
In turn, marble and limestone production in June amounted to 41,200 cubic meters, which is 58.8 percent less compared to June 2020.
The production of granite, sandstone, and stone for monuments amounted to 2.8 million cubic meters from January through June 2021 and 309,400 cubic meters in June alone, which is 15.2 percent less and 49.3 percent less than during the same period of last year.
Production of chalk and non-calcined dolomite amounted to 999,700 tons over six months and 157,100 tons in June 2021, which is 6.2 percent more and 3 percent less than during the same period of last year.
The committee said that asbestos production amounted to 123,800 tons over six months of 2021 (an increase of 20.5 percent), while the production of salt, sodium chloride, and sea salt amounted to 401,725 tons, which is 5.6 percent less than during the same period of last year.
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