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Kazakhstan boosts sulfur production volumes over 10M2021

Kazakhstan Materials 24 November 2021 13:56 (UTC +04:00)
Kazakhstan boosts sulfur production volumes over 10M2021

BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 24

By Nargiz Sadikhova - Trend:

The volume of raw and unrefined sulfur output amounted to 3.2 million tons in Kazakhstan from January through October 2021, Trend reports with reference to Kazakhstan’s Statistics Committee.

The data said that this is a 2.7-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 October 2021 stood at 357,800 tons, which is 10.2 percent more than in October 2020.

The report also said that marble and limestone stone production amounted to 428,000 million tons over ten months of 2021, which compared with the same period last year, is a decrease of 3.1 percent.

In turn, marble and limestone production in October amounted to 47,900 cubic meters, which is 17.7 percent more compared to October 2020.

The production of granite, sandstone, and stone for monuments amounted to 4.5 million cubic meters from January through October 2021 and 491,800 cubic meters in October alone, which is 22.8 percent and 11.5 percent less than during the same period of last year.

Production of chalk and non-calcined dolomite amounted to 1.6 million tons over ten months and 173,000 tons in October 2021, which is 8.5 percent more and 1.9 percent less than during the same period of last year.

The committee said that asbestos production amounted to 208,300 tons over ten months of 2021 (an increase of 8.7 percent), while the production of salt, sodium chloride, and sea salt amounted to 817,502 tons, which is 20.6 percent less than during the same period of last year.

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