TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, January 23. Large enterprises in Uzbekistan produced 11.1 million tons of cement from January through November 2023, Trend reports.
The data from the Statistics Agency of Uzbekistan shows that this volume of production increased by 2.5 percent year-on-year.
Large enterprises in the country produced 857,500 tons of cement in November 2023 alone.
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 opportunities.
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.