BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 23. The volume of raw and unrefined sulfur output amounted to 1.9 million tons in Kazakhstan from January through June 2022, Trend reports with reference to Kazakhstan’s Statistics Committee.
The output resulted in a 0.1-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 June 2022 stood at 237,200 tons, which is 27.1 percent less than in June 2021.
The report also said that marble and limestone stone production amounted to 396,300 million tons over six months of 2022, which compared with the same period last year, is an increase of 98.9 percent.
In turn, marble and limestone production in June amounted to 36,500 cubic meters, which is 15.7 percent less compared to June 2021.
The production of granite, sandstone, and stone for monuments amounted to 2.7 million cubic meters from January through June 2022 and 439,100 cubic meters in June alone, which is 6 percent less and 27.5 percent less than during the same period of last year.
Production of chalk and non-calcined dolomite amounted to 671,300 tons over six months of 2022 and 119,900 tons in June 2022, which is 32.7 percent less and 30.7 percent less than during the same period of last year.
The committee said that asbestos production amounted to 112,200 tons over six months of 2022 (a decrease of 9.4 percent), while the production of salt, sodium chloride, and sea salt amounted to 493,656 tons, which is 6.7 percent more than during the same period of last year.
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