DUSHANBE, October 2, 2013, Asia-Plus — The construction of a new cement plant with annual capacity of 600,000 tons officially began at the Chormaghzak Pass, Vahdat district on October 1, according to the Tajik president’s official website.
The cost of the project is more than 20 million U.S. dollars and the plant is expected to be built in eight months.
A Tajik-Chinese joint venture, TOJCHIN, will build the new cement plant.
In the near future, they reportedly plan to increase the investment volumes to 50 million U.S. dollars and to raise the plant’s annual capacity to 1.5 million tons.
