Uzbekistan: President visits cement plant construction site

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev visited the site of the new Almalyk mining-metallurgical complex JSC cement plant that is being built in Sherobod district on Frida,y 10 February 2017.

The cement plant, which will be built at the territory of 'Vandob' village of this district, at a cost of US$212.8m is expected to produce 1.5Mta of cement. With commissioning of the enterprise, over a thousand new jobs will be created. The main portion of the production will be directed towards meeting the domestic demand.

The Head of State underlined that the new plant will have an important place in the economy of not only  the Surkhandarya region but also the whole country. During the conversation with project designers and builders, the need to accelerate construction pace, while attaching a particular attention to the quality of works and timely commissioning of the plant, was accentuated.