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Uzbekistan’s cement production growth halved

Uzbekistan Pro 11m 2023

In Uzbekistan, from January to November 2023, the accumulated cement production increased by +2.5% to 11.168 Mt, YoY. Data cover the production by large enterprises. However, in the last 3 months only 3.140 Mt cement were produced after 3.398 Mt,…

Cement prices in Russia will increase in 2024

Moskow Kreml

In Russia in October 2023, the average price for Portland cement stood at about 5935 Rub/t (64.73 US$/t), excl. VAT. However, in the Federal districts the prices are very different. While they were 4692 Rub/t in the North-West district, they…

China Gezhouba plans 2nd cement plant in Kazakhstan

Xili Cement 1

After the successful implementation of the Xili cement plant (photo) in Southern Kazakhstan, the China Gezhouba Group Cement Co. plans to install a 2nd plant in the Almaty region, in line with the Chinese ‘Belt & Road’-strategy. The company operates…

CEMROS plans to relaunch Ulyanovskcement in 2024

Cemross Ulyanovsk cement1

CEMROS, formally known as Eurocement, the largest cement producer in Russia, plans to relaunch its Ulyanovskcement plant in spring next year. The plant is equipped with 4 wet kiln lines and has a nominal cement capacity of 2.467 Mta, but…