Kazakhstan: HeidelbergCement will soon launch a new 800,000t/yr cement plant in Mangystau Province following a US$273m investment. The plant will use dry chalk as a raw material. So far more than 70,000t of cement has been produced in test mode.
"Our company is included in the programme of forced industrial innovative development," said Evgeny Kholodnyakov, chief technologist of Kaspi cement plant. The plant will supply cement to the local and export markets.