Tajikistan: Tajikcement, the largest cement plant in Tajikistan, has stopped production due to a shortage of natural gas according to a report from the Avesta news agency.
"Natural gas is the main fuel for the factory. Partial interruption in the supply of gas caused a decrease in cement production. The factory produced 190,500t of cement in January to November 2012, which is a 60,000t decrease compared to the same period in 2011," said a source quoted by Avesta. He added that gas supplies to the plant in Dushanbe have been interrupted several times in 2012.
Saydakhmad Sharofutdinov, the head of the Tajiktransgas the nation's gas importing company, said that the thermal power plant in Dushanbe was the largest consumer of natural gas in Tajikistan, receiving 100,000m3/day.