BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 5
By Nargiz Sadikhova - Trend:
The volume of raw and unrefined sulfur output amounted to 3.6 million tons in Kazakhstan from January through November 2021, Trend reports with reference to Kazakhstan’s Statistics Committee.
The data said that this is a 3.2-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 November 2021 stood at 362,700 tons, which is 7.9 percent more than in November 2020.
The report also said that marble and limestone stone production amounted to 477,900 million tons over 11 months of 2021, which compared with the same period last year, is a decrease of 24.5 percent.
In turn, marble and limestone production in November amounted to 49,900 cubic meters, which is 73.9 percent more compared to November 2020.
The production of granite, sandstone, and stone for monuments amounted to 5.1 million cubic meters from January through November 2021 and 582,600 cubic meters in November alone, which is 20.4 percent less and 4.7 percent more than during the same period of last year.
Production of chalk and non-calcined dolomite amounted to 1.8 million tons over 11 months and 172,900 tons in November 2021, which is 7.4 percent more and 1.9 percent less than during the same period of last year.
The committee said that asbestos production amounted to 229,900 tons over 11 months of 2021 (an increase of 7.8 percent), while the production of salt, sodium chloride, and sea salt amounted to 975,126 tons, which is 24.5 percent less than during the same period of last year.
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