A new 1.8Mta cement plant will be built in Kazakhstan’s Aktobe region, according to the head of SEC Aktobe, Anuar Makhanov. Representing an investment of KZT101bn (US$268.8m), the production facility will be located in Baiganinsky district by Turkey-based Dal Holding Investment Co.

“A joint venture of Aktobe Cement was established, a Roadmap was signed. Construction and installation work will begin in April 2019. In the course of cooperation between SEC and DalHolding Investment Company, an agreement was reached to implement two more investment projects in the industrial zone, including the production of steel structures and the construction of two gas turbines with a total capacity of 200MW in the Batys micro district and the Moscow area," Mr Makhanov noted.