BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 21. The volume of raw and unrefined sulfur output amounted to 1.05 million tons in Kazakhstan from January through March 2022, Trend reports with reference to Kazakhstan’s Statistics Committee.
The output resulted in a 6.1-percent increase in comparison to the same period of 2021. This volume also includes sulfur extraction volumes.
In turn, the volume of sulfur output in March 2022 stood at 357,300 tons, which is 0.3 percent more than in March 2021.
The report also said that marble and limestone stone production amounted to 221,200 million tons over three months of 2022, which compared with the same period last year, is an increase of 2.3 times.
In turn, marble and limestone production in March amounted to 101,500 cubic meters, which is 3.3 times more compared to March 2021.
The production of granite, sandstone, and stone for monuments amounted to 1.3 million cubic meters from January through March 2022 and 545,700 cubic meters in March alone, which is 65.2 percent more and 74.4 percent more than during the same period of last year.
Production of chalk and non-calcined dolomite amounted to 340,200 tons over three months of 2022 and 91,200 tons in March 2022, which is 27.6 percent less and 42 percent less than during the same period of last year.
The committee said that asbestos production amounted to 54,600 tons over three months of 2022 (a decrease of 9.5 percent), while the production of salt, sodium chloride, and sea salt amounted to 156,413 tons, which is 65.9 percent more than during the same period of last year.
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