BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 15
By Nargiz Sadikhova - Trend:
The volume of raw and unrefined sulfur output amounted to 696,800 tons in Kazakhstan from January through February 2022, Trend reports with reference to Kazakhstan’s Statistics Committee.
The output resulted in a 9.4-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 February 2022 stood at 334,500 tons, which is 8.2 percent more than in February 2021.
The report also said that marble and limestone stone production amounted to 119,700 million tons over two months of 2022, which compared with the same period last year, is an increase of 95 percent.
In turn, marble and limestone production in February amounted to 96,900 cubic meters, which is 3.1 times more compared to February 2021.
The production of granite, sandstone, and stone for monuments amounted to 2.3 million cubic meters from January through February 2022 and 526,300 cubic meters in February alone, which is 59.3 percent more and 2.1 times more than during the same period of last year.
Production of chalk and non-calcined dolomite amounted to 249,000 tons over two months of 2021 and 91,100 tons in February 2022, which is 20.4 percent less and 42.3 percent less than during the same period of last year.
The committee said that asbestos production amounted 41,000 tons over two months of 2022 (an increase of 8.4 percent), while the production of salt, sodium chloride, and sea salt amounted to 105,733 tons, which is 85.5 percent more than during the same period of last year.
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