BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 21
By Nargiz Sadikhova - Trend:
The volume of raw and unrefined sulfur output amounted to 2.6 million tons in Kazakhstan from January through August 2021, Trend reports with reference to Kazakhstan’s Statistics Committee.
The data said that this is a 1.1-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 August 2021 stood at 290,000 tons, which is 8.6 percent less than in August 2020.
The report also said that marble and limestone stone production amounted to 332,200 million tons over eight months of 2021, which compared with the same period last year, is a decrease of 8.1 percent.
In turn, marble and limestone production in August amounted to 47,900 cubic meters, which is 21.3 percent more compared to August 2020.
The production of granite, sandstone, and stone for monuments amounted to 3.6 million cubic meters from January through August 2021 and 501,000 cubic meters in August alone, which is 22.5 percent and 26 percent less than during the same period of last year.
Production of chalk and non-calcined dolomite amounted to 1.3 million tons over eight months and 172,700 tons in August 2021, which is 8.6 percent more and 23.4 percent more than during the same period of last year.
The committee said that asbestos production amounted to 165,800 tons over eight months of 2021 (an increase of 15.1 percent), while the production of salt, sodium chloride, and sea salt amounted to 610,575 tons, which is 18.2 percent less than during the same period of last year.
---
Follow the author on Twitter: @nargiz_sadikh