BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 25. The volume of raw and unrefined sulfur output amounted to 2.3 million tons in Kazakhstan from January through July 2022, Trend reports with reference to Kazakhstan’s Statistics Committee.
The output resulted in a 0.3-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 July 2022 stood at 333,800 tons, which is 1.8 percent more than in July 2021.
The report also said that marble and limestone stone production amounted to 430,500 million tons over seven months of 2022, which compared with the same period last year, is an increase of 79.9 percent.
In turn, marble and limestone production in July amounted to 34,200 cubic meters, which is 14.7 percent less compared to July 2021.
The production of granite, sandstone, and stone for monuments amounted to 3.1 million cubic meters from January through July 2022 and 366,900 cubic meters in July alone, which is 14.7 percent less and 49.7 percent less than during the same period of last year.
Production of chalk and non-calcined dolomite amounted to 787,600 tons over seven months of 2022 and 116,300 tons in July 2022, which is 32.4 percent less and 30.2 percent less than during the same period of last year.
The committee said that asbestos production amounted to 135,300 tons over seven months of 2022 (a decrease of 6.6 percent), while the production of salt, sodium chloride, and sea salt amounted to 711,951 tons, which is 15 percent more than during the same period of last year.
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