TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, September 29. A big-scale project for production of cement worth 3.8 trillion Uzbek soums ($312.6 million) has been initiated in Uzbekistan's Samarkand, with help from CHINA Energy International Group, Trend reports.
The new plant is said to have created 500 new jobs, which will produce M-400 and M-500 Portland cement with a daily production capacity of 7,500 tons, or 3 million tons per year.
A technological line with the largest cement kiln in Uzbekistan has been installed at a fully automated production facility. Coal is used as fuel at the plant, which makes it possible to increase energy efficiency by installing energy-saving equipment for lower fuel consumption and more production.
As per data provided by Uzbekistan’s O‘zsanoatqurilishmateriallari Association, which provides technical, economic, and informational assistance to its enterprises in the implementation and mastering of new types of products, Karakalpak Cement Plant will produce 1.4 million tons of cement by the end of 2023.
Meanwhile, the total capacity of cement production enterprises in Uzbekistan is planned to be increased by 200,000 tons. Currently, 36 cement plants operate in Uzbekistan, the total production capacity of which amounts to 29.8 million tons of cement per year.
