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…
In Uzbekistan, from January to October this year, the cement production increased by +3.7% to 10.311 Mt. However, in October the cement production declined by -12.0%, YoY, from 1.242 to 1.093 Mt. Data cover the production by large enterprises. It…
Kavkazcement JSC, which is part of CEMROS, will upgrade its plant in Karachay-Cherkessia in Northern Ural, Russia, in 2024 by 25% up to 2.5 Mta. The plant is operational since 1974 and has 4 kiln lines. The upgrade will be…
In Russia, from January to August 2023, the cement production increased by +2.5% to 42.556 Mt from 41.508 Mt in the same period in 2022. The largest increases in the production have been in in early summer this year from…
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…
Despite the decrease in the cement production in the 3Q 2023 by -1.2% to 3.487 Mt, the cement production in Uzbekistan increased in the first three quarters of the year by +5.9% to 9.218 Mt, after 8.705 Mt in the…
In Armenia, in the first half of 2023 the cement production increased by +41.7% to 0.604 Mt from 0.426 Mt in the same period last year. In the 1.Q the increase was +45.95, while in the 2.Q in 2023 the…
In Kyrgyzstan, after a cement production increase of +3.9%% in the 1.Q 2023, the production in the 2.Q 2023 increased by another +14.4%, YoY. Accordingly, in the 1.H 2023 the cement production increased by +8.8% to 1.380 Mt, after 1.268…
In Kazakhstan, after a huge cement production decline of -16.9% in the 1.Q 2023, the production in the 2.Q 2023 increased by +2.6, YoY. However, this still leads in the 1.H 2023 to a cement production decline by -4.7% to…
In Tajikistan the cement production in the 1.H 2023 increased by +4.1% to 2.094 Mt after 2.012 Mt the same period in 2022. The production especially increased in 2.Q by +14.7%, YoY, while in 1.Q there has been still a…