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Akhangaracement 9M13 production and shipments rise, Uzbekistan

29 October 2013, Published under Cement News

Akhangaracement JSC, part of the Eurocement Group, produced 1.176Mt of cement and 853,503t of clinker in the first nine months of the year, up 1.61 per cent and 7.66 per cent YoY respectively. During the Jan-September period, the company said in a statement that it shipped 1.198Mt of cement, a rise of 0.97 per cent compared to the same period of the year before. It also observed an increase in bagged sales of 5.96 per cent as it dispatched 248,484t in 50kg bags over the first three quarter...

Uzbekistan: Akhangarancement records steady 7M13 results

02 October 2013, Published under Cement News

Akhangarancement, part of the Russia-based Eurocement group, has reported a steady growth in its key performance indicators for the first seven months of the year. From January to July 2013, the company produced 899,600t of cement and 678,300t of clinker, noting YoY increases of 1.2 and 13.5 per cent, respectively. Akhangarancement is the largest cement producer in the Tashkent region and operates the second-largest capacity in the country. Its production capacity currently stands at 1...

Eurocement plans full ownership of Ahangaran Cement, Uzbekistan

01 August 2013, Published under Cement News

Russia-based Eurocement Holding AG is planning to increase its stake in Uzbekistan's second largest cement producer Ahangaran Cement up to 100 per cent. Currently, Eurocement Holding AG owns 83.9186 per cent or 4,136,269 shares in the company.???According to reports by Uzbekistan Daily, it now plans to acquire an additional 792,637 shares, or 16.0814 per cent stake in the company, Uzbekistan Daily reported. Should the deal proceed, Eurocement Holding AG will own 4,928,906 shares in Aha...

Ahangarancement increases 1H13 output and shipments, Uzbekistan

22 July 2013, Published under Cement News

Ahangarancement, part of the Eurocement Group of Russia, produced 565,200t of clinker and 739,500t of cement in the first half of 2013, representing a YoY rise of 12.8 per cent and 1.4 per cent. Shipments increased by 3.8 per cent YoY to 754,664t. The company said that Portland slag cement and OPC cement sales are the highest among its consumers, representing 66.4 per cent of shipments. Ahangarancement also recorded a growth packed cement. In the first quarter of 2013, it shipped 159,600...

New plant for Uzbekistan under planning

17 July 2013, Published under Cement News

The Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Plant (AMMP) is to build a 1.5Mta cement plant in Surkhandarya region in southern Uzbekistan by 2017. According to reports by the Times of Central Asia, the government has instructed AMMP to start negotiations with Turkey’s Dal Teknik Makina on the project’s implementation. The contract for the plant’s construction could be signed this autumn.  The project worth US$250m will be financed by AMMP and with loans from the Fund for Reconstruction and Deve...

First Gebr Pfeiffer raw mill for Uzbekistan

19 June 2013, Published under Cement News

Turkish company DAL Teknik Makina has placed an order for a Gebr Pfeiffer MPS 3350 B vertical roller mill for raw meal which is to be used for the manufacture of grey cement and white cement at a cement plant in Uzbekistan. The grinding plant is scheduled to go on-stream as early as next year. The mill is guaranteed to achieve a raw meal capacity of 200tph for the production of grey cement. In terms of white cement production, the mill will be capable of processing 160tph of raw material. T...

Starlinger opens new representative office in Uzbekistan

12 July 2012, Published under Cement News

Starlinger & Co GmbH, Austrian manufacturer of machinery for woven plastic packaging production and plastics recycling, has opened a representative office in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The office, opened in May 2012, is headed by Yuldosh Kazakov, who joined Starlinger in 2009 and is chief representative for the region. The strong economic growth in Central Asia during the past years has also had a positive effect on the textile packaging industry. “Starlinger sees a strong potential for growt...

Control of Bekabadcement transferred, Uzbekistan

06 July 2012, Published under Cement News

Control over producer Bekabadcement has been transferred from industrial holding United Cement Group (UCG) to the Uzbek State Committee for State Property Management, a regional media report. "The Supervisory Board of Bekabadcement has decided to include in the register of shareholders of Uzbekistan State Property Committee, which holds 51.53 per cent stake," the report said. The reason for this decision was the ruling of Tashkent Province Court for Criminal Cases. In Janua...

New plant announced by SC Uzstroymateriali, Uzbekistan

06 April 2012, Published under Cement News

Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Plant and SC Uzstroymateriali have announced plans to build a new 600,000tpa cement plant in Uzbekistan. The new plant, which will also produce 100,000tpa of white cement, follows the two-fold expansion of domestic cement capacity – from 3.2Mta to 6.8Mta – over the past decade. Other projects underway include the construction of a new dry process line at Bekabadcement, due for completion in the second half of 2012, with a clinker capacity of 0.85Mta and ce...