Cement News tagged under: Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan lawmaker urges government to lift ban on Uzbek imports27 September 2024, Published under Cement NewsA Kyrgyz lawmaker has called for the removal of the country’s ban on importing cement from Uzbekistan, highlighting the potential benefits for consumers and the local construction industry. Speaking at the parliamentary fuel and energy complex committee on September 24, MP Alisher Kozuyev argued that the ban is fostering local monopolies and driving up cement prices domestically. He noted that, prior to the ban, Uzbek cement was priced between KGS0.60-1 (US$0.01) cheaper per unit compared t... |
Kyrgyzstan to build greenfield 1.5Mta cement plant30 August 2024, Published under Cement NewsPresident Sadyr Japarov of Kyrgyzstan has launched the Terek Tash clinker factory in Kemin district. The new 1.5Mta cement plant is an investment agreement between the government and the consortium of Terek Tash LLC and Zenit LLC. The plant will cost US$150m. Cabinet ministers endorsed the investment agreement on implementation of the project on 24 August. The agreement envisioned construction of the clinker factory in Kemin district and cement milling in Novo-Pokrovka rural municipality, ... |
Chinese to build greenfield plant in Kyrgyzstan28 August 2024, Published under Cement NewsA cement plant and a small hydroelectric power station and a will be built in Tyup, Kyrgyzstan by Chinese investors, reports The office of the Presidential Envoy to Issyk-Kul region. The agreement was signed with representatives of Yunsheng Mining (Yunnan) Co Ltd and China Yunsheng Group. No details on the capacity of the cement plant were given, but the plant’s location in the far north east will locate it right on the border with Kazakhstan and near to the Almaty capital. China Yun... |
Kyrgyzstan enforcing a six month import ban on range of cement20 August 2024, Published under Cement NewsFrom 1 October Kyrgyzstan is enforcing a six-month road import ban on cement types including Portland, alumina and slag cements, according to a decree signed by Akylbek Japarov, chairman of the country's cabinet of ministers. The ban is for both cement and clinker. The ban comes alongside the State Statistical Committee of Kyrgyzstan reporting a 76 per cent YoY increase in cement imports in May to 125,737t. Shipments predominantly coming from Iran, Kazakhstan, China and Uzbekistan. How... |
Kyrgyzstan sees acute cement shortage19 August 2024, Published under Cement NewsThe expansion of the construction market on an unprecedented scale has led to a critical cement shortage in Kyrgyzstan, according to Syrian Omorov, head of the regulated sectors department of the Antimonopoly Regulation Service. He said that output at the Kant Cement Plant , part of United Cement Group , already exceeded 1Mt, whereas in the past it barely reached 0.6Mta. "We are working at the limit of our capabilities," representatives of the plant noted. "Currently, the plant can pro... |
New cement plant on track for Kyrgyzstan02 January 2024, Published under Cement NewsA new cement plant is set to launch in Chuy region, Kyrgyzstan in 2024. The plant will have a capacity of 1.7Mta and is expected to create 650 jobs. The plant will use ash dumps from the Bishkek Thermal Power Plant as raw materials and will have a waste heat recovery system to generate electricity. Of the total project cost of US$160m, US$45m is contributed by the Russian-Kyrgyz Development Fund. Following the commissioning of the plant trade volume with Russia is expected to increase.... |
Kyrgyz cement output increases to 1.7Mt11 September 2023, Published under Cement NewsCement production in Kyrgyzstan has increased to 1.701Mt in the January-July 2023 period, according to the country’s National Statistical Committee. Of this total, 321,800t were produced in July 2023. When compared with an output of 1.5Mt in the 7M22, this represents an increase of 13.4 per cent YoY. |
Kant Cement Plant completes conversion project10 July 2023, Published under Cement NewsKant Cement Plant OJSC , the largest producer of cement in Kyrgyzstan, has successfully completed conversion of its cement mill No 8 to a closed-circuit grinding system to achieve improve its product quality and energy efficiency. The project forms part of a large-scale reconstruction of production by the United Cement Group . Modernisation of the Kant Cement Plant began in 2021 with the replacement of outdated electrostatic precipitators with modern bag filters, the installation of n... |
Cement production in Kyrgyzstan up by 16 per cent in May27 June 2023, Published under Cement NewsCement production by Kyrgyz cement producers increased by 15.6 per cent to 323,700t in May 2023, according to the country’s National Statistical Committee. In the January-May 2023 period, cement output in the country increased by 11.9 per cent to 1.1Mta. Cement production in 2022 was up 7.1 per cent YoY to 2.7Mt. |
Kyrgyzstan production up 7% in 202224 February 2023, Published under Cement NewsThe Kyrgyz cement industry produced 2.666Mt of cement in 2022, according to the Eurasian Economic Commission. This represents a YoY increase of 7.1 per cent. Kazakhstan’s cement output reached 12.088Mt while in Russia cement plants produced 60.667Mt. Armenia’s cement output was over 1Mt, up by 17.7 per cent YoY. |