BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 22. The volume of raw and unrefined sulfur output amounted to 1.7 million tons in Kazakhstan from January through May 2022, Trend reports with reference to Kazakhstan’s Statistics Committee.
The output resulted in a 4.7-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 May 2022 stood at 374,800 tons, which is 9.2 percent more than in May 2021.
The report also said that marble and limestone stone production amounted to 359,800 million tons over five months of 2022, which compared with the same period last year, is an increase of 73.5 percent.
In turn, marble and limestone production in May amounted to 36,500 cubic meters, which is 34.8 percent less compared to May 2021.
The production of granite, sandstone, and stone for monuments amounted to 2.3 million cubic meters from January through May 2022 and 478,700 cubic meters in May alone, which is 28.9 percent more and 6.7 percent less than during the same period of last year.
Production of chalk and non-calcined dolomite amounted to 551,300 tons over five months of 2022 and 119,900 tons in May 2022, which is 32.7 percent less and 31.3 percent less than during the same period of last year.
The committee said that asbestos production amounted to 90,500 tons over five months of 2022 (a decrease of 11.5 percent), while the production of salt, sodium chloride, and sea salt amounted to 308,419 tons, which is 3.8 percent less than during the same period of last year.
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