Turkmenistan starts sulphate-resistant cement production

Turkmenistan has produced its first batch of 7000t of sulphate-resistant cement from local materials, according to Trend.

The cement was produced at a cement plant in Balkanabat, using iron oxide from a local iron ore deposit.

The Institute of Chemistry of the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan, in cooperation with specialists from the Ministry of Industry and Turkmengeologiya State Corp, explored the possibility of using the natural resources of the Tuarkyr mining region, particularly iron ore reserves, and helped organise raw material extraction at the Chagyl deposit.

In 2018 the Turkmencement Production Association refused to purchase this component from abroad, and now provides industry enterprises with local raw materials needed for the production of high-performance building materials.