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Russia: Eurocement subsidiary Akhangarantsement produced 1.9Mt of cement in 2019, a rise of 16% year-on-year from 1.6Mt in 2018. The company attributed the growth to a programme of ‘modernisation of the equipment at the Akhangarantsement aimed at increasing productivity, energy efficiency and reliability of production,’ without any disruption to supply. Akhangarantsement general director Gennady Kulikov said, “The coordinated work of the entire team allowed us to fulfil the tasks assigned to the plant with honour.”

Uzbekistan: Russia’s Eurocement has ordered three mills from Germany’s Gebr. Pfeiffer for its Akhangarancement plant upgrade in Uzbekistan. The package includes an MVR 5000 R-4 for raw material grinding and two MVR 5000 C-4 for cement grinding. The MVR 5000 R-4, features a total drive power of 2500kW, will grind 500t/hr of cement raw material to a fineness of 12% R 90µm. The cement mills, each with an installed drive power of 4000kW, are designed to grind 200t/hr of Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) at 3200 Blaine. No value for the order has been disclosed.

Uzbekistan: Akhangarancement, part of Russia’s Eurocement, has installed a new Wikov gearbox on the rotary kiln at its plant in Akhangaransky as part of a US$1.5m upgrade project. Other work included upgrades to the clinker conveyors, the sludge line, the cooler, the heat exchanger and other equipment. A new production line is currently being built at the 2Mt/yr plant. It is scheduled for commissioning in 2020.

Uzbekistan: Russia’s Eurocement plans to commission a new 3Mt/yr production line at the Akhangarancement in Tashkent region by 2021. Company president Mikhail Skorokhod discussed the project with representatives of the Chamber of Accounts of Uzbekistan, according to Uzbekistan Daily. US$160m is being spent on the new line and US$40m will be invested towards other improvements at the site. Work on the upgrade stated in October 2018. China’s CNBM is the main contractor on the project.

Uzbekistan: Eurocement has started building an upgrade to its Akhangarancement plant at Akhangaransky. Botir Zaripov, chairman of the board of Uzstroymaterialy, and Mikhail Skorokhod, the president of Eurocement, attended a ceremony laying the foundation stone. The project has a cost of over US$160m and it will increase the production capacity of the plant to 3Mt/yr. The first batch of products from the new production line is expected in mid-2020. China’s CNBM is the main contractor on the project.

Uzbekistan: The largest cement plant in Central Asia has been commissioned in the Sherabad district of the Surkhandarya region of Uzbekistan. Construction of the Sherabad cement plant has been carried out by Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Combine (AMMC) JSC. The cost of the project was US$212.8m and its capacity is 1.5Mt/yr. The majority of the cement produced will be directed toward domestic demand. The Turkish DAL Teknik Makina Ticaret ve Sanayi AS company also participated in the construction of the plant.

The project was paid for by AMMC's own funds (US$24.4m), a loan issued by the Fund for Reconstruction and Development of Uzbekistan (US$90m) and loans from commercial banks (US$110.6m).

There are currently five large cement plants in Uzbekistan: Kyzylkumcement, Akhangarancement, Kuvasaycement, Bekabadcement, Jizzakh cement plant, as well as a number of small enterprises. Their total capacity exceeds 8.5Mt/yr. Over the next five years, Uzbekistan plans to increase its national capacity to 17Mt/yr, double the current level.

Companies with projects under construction or in the planning process include Russia’s Eurocement Group, which is building a US$220m dry process plant with a capacity of 2.4Mt/yr. Two more cement plants will be built with funds from Chinese investors. The first is being built by the Xin Lei enterprise in the Akhangaran region. It will have an annual capacity of 1.0Mt/yr at cost of US$108m. The other will be established by Akhangaranshifer at a cost of US$100m, also with a capacity of 1.0Mt/yr.

Uzbekistan: Akhangarancement produced 1.44Mt of cement and 1.04Mt of clinker in the first nine months of 2017. This is 1.8% (25,449t) and 2.9% (29,147t) more than in the same period of 2016. The company also increased cement shipments to final customers by 2.6% to 11.46Mt.

"The plant has consistently increased its production since the beginning of the year. Excellent results were achieved thanks to the well-coordinated work of the whole team, the effective operation of technological equipment and quality repairs," said Gennady Kulikov, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Akhangarancement. "Further implementation of measures to improve competitiveness is needed. This includes improving product quality, introducing best solutions and practices, improving labour productivity and minimising costs to reduce product prices."

Uzbekistan: Beijing Triumph International Engineering, a subsidiary of China National Building Material’s (CNBM), has signed a US$160m deal with Eurocement’s subsidiary Akhangarancement to build a new 3Mt/yr cement plant. The contract was signed during Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev's official visit to the Central Asian country, according to InterFax. The project will be completed by 2020. Eurocement chairman Filaret Galchev and Uzstroymaterialy chief executive officer (CEO) Botir Zaripov signed the agreement on project implementation during Medvedev's visit.

Akhangarancement operates a 2.2Mt/yr cement plant. It holds a 30% share of the Uzbek market. The plant also exports to Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan. Eurocement purchased a 75.5% stake of Akhangarancement in August 2006 and bought the remaining share in 2013. It originally signed a US$128m contract with China CAMC Engineering, a division of Sinomach, in 2014 for construction of a plant that was supposed to open in 2016. However, construction was subsequently cancelled.

Uzbekistan: Akhangarancement has launched a 3500t/yr refractory plant. The unit was built by China’s Henan Dufu Machinery Manufacturing as part of an agreement between the Uzbek company and Russia’s Eurocement group, according to Uz Daily. The Uzbekistan refractory market is 7000t/yr and the new plant is anticipated to cover half of this. The plant also plans to increase its production capacity to 10,000t/yr to cover the local market and start exporting materials.

Uzbekistan: Uzqurilishmateriallari, with the Government of Uzbekistan, and Eurocement Group have signed a memorandum of cooperation in connection to joint projects including the construction of a cement plant. Filaret Galchev, Eurocement’s chairman of the board of directors, and Elyor Ganiev, the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations, Investments and Trade, signed the agreement, according to Uz Daily. The deal includes cooperation towards building a 2.4Mt/yr cement plant with Eurocement’s local subsidiary Akhangarancement and plans for refractory and insulation materials projects. Altogether the investment is around US$220m. The agreement also includes cooperation in producing new ‘export-orientated’ building materials.