TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, November 7. Uzbekistan has launched a construction of a new cement plant is the region of Andijan, Trend reports.
The project is implemented jointly with the help of Chinese investments and is estimated at $250 million.
The new plant is expected to produce over $10 million in yearly exports and to provide approximately 750 job opportunities.
Meanwhile, from January to September 2023, Uzbekistan's large enterprises produced 9.2 million tons of cement.
Furthermore, in September 2023, a large-scale project for the production of cement worth 3.8 trillion Uzbek soums ($312.6 million) was launched in Uzbekistan's Samarkand with the assistance of CHINA Energy International Group.
The new factory, which will make M-400 and M-500 Portland cement with a daily output capacity of 7,500 tons, or 3 million tons per year, is believed to have created 500 new employment.
