Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical to start cement shipments to Afghanistan

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Uzbekistan/Afghanistan: The Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Combine plans to ship several batches of high-quality cement to Afghanistan by the end of 2019, according to a company press statement. It elaborated that it had signed a number of contracts for the supply of three products in mid-July 2019. Its cement will be used in the construction of infrastructure and social facilities in several regions of the country. Deliveries will be made from the group’s Jizzakh and Sherabad plants.

The company is also actively increasing exports to other neighbouring countries. The Jizzakh cement plant has already exported over 1600t of white cement to Tajikistan, 1280t to Kyrgyzstan, 512t to Kazakhstan and 147t to Turkmenistan in 2019. Over the first half of 2019, the plant exported over 28,000t of cement products at a value of more than US$1.6m.

Last modified on 21 August 2019

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