BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 27
By Nargiz Sadikhova - Trend:
The volume of raw and unrefined sulfur output amounted to 2.3 million tons in Kazakhstan from January through July 2021, Trend reports with reference to Kazakhstan’s Statistics Committee.
The data said that this is a 2.4-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 July 2021 stood at 330,000 tons, which is 17.8 percent more than in July 2020.
The report also said that marble and limestone stone production amounted to 284,300 million tons over seven months of 2021, which compared with the same period last year, is a decrease of 11.7 percent.
In turn, marble and limestone production in July amounted to 24,400 cubic meters, which is 38.2 percent less compared to July 2020.
The production of granite, sandstone, and stone for monuments amounted to 3.1 million cubic meters from January through July 2021 and 306,100 cubic meters in July alone, which is 22 percent less and 55.1 percent less than during the same period of last year.
Production of chalk and non-calcined dolomite amounted to 1.1 million tons over seven months and 156,200 tons in July 2021, which is 6.7 percent more and 9.9 percent more than during the same period of last year.
The committee said that asbestos production amounted to 145,000 tons over seven months of 2021 (an increase of 18.6 percent), while the production of salt, sodium chloride, and sea salt amounted to 498,510 tons, which is 14.7 percent less than during the same period of last year.
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