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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: A new cement plant has been commissioned in the Zafarabad district of Jizzakh Province. Operating within the Almalyk Mining and Metal Plant open joint stock company, the enterprise is projected to produce 350,000t/yr of white cement and 760,000t/yr of Portland cement. 70% of the white cement produced is intended for export.

A 1400m railway is laid in the territory of the enterprise and 10 trucks, two excavators and other modern machinery has been procured. All of the production processes are automated.

The availability of major deposits of limestone has served as the basis for the plant construction. Gypsum is brought in from the Bukhara region, quartz is transported from Navoi region, kaolin and iron-containing additives are procured from the Tashkent region and loess is mined in Jizzakh Province.