TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, July 19. Uzbekistan's enterprises produced 6.2 million tons of cement from January through May 2024, Trend reports.
According to the data from Uzbekistan’s Statistics Agency, the production volume shows a 35.6 percent growth year-on-year.
At the same time, the volume of cement production amounted to 1.7 million in May.
Earlier, Uzbekistan launched a new cement plant in its Andijan region.
Chinese companies Conch International Holdings Limited and Zhejiang Shangfeng Building Materials Co Ltd. invested $250 million in direct investment in this project.
It is reported that the plant will produce approximately 2.5 million tons of cement annually.
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.