Azerbaijan: Azerbaijan's Trend News Agency has reported that the largest cement plant in South Caucasus, Norm Sement, plans to start oil well cement production in 2016, according to Norm Sement CEO Hasan Yalcinkaya. He said that oil well cement is a very sought-after product in Azerbaijan and that by starting its production, cement imports to Azerbaijan will decrease.

"Today, the import of cement products to Azerbaijan is gradually decreasing and the share of imported cement is only 5% of the total market volume, while the share of clinker is 10%," said Yalcinkaya. Norm Sement is also preparing to export its products to the Caspian Sea countries. "Currently, we are considering the opportunities for exporting our products to Russia's south regions, as well as to Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan."

Norm Sement's plant is located in the Garadagh district of Baku. It has a clinker production capacity of 5000t/day and a cement production capacity of 2Mt/yr. In 2014, the plant produced 540,000t of cement and 471,000t of clinker. Azerbaijan's domestic cement demand was 4.4Mt in 2014.