DUSHANBE, November 5, 2014, Asia-Plus – Over the first ten months of this year Tajikistan has produced more than 1 million tons of cement, which was 776,000 tons more than in the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Industry and New Technologies (MoINT).
“This has become possible due to operation of two large cement plants – the Yovon cement plant (Huaxin Gayur Cement Co., Ltd) and OJSC Tojikcement (Dushanbe cement plant),” an official source at a MoINT told Asia-Plus in an interview.
According to him, the Yovon cement plant has produced 760,000 tons of cement over the reporting period and the Dushanbe cement plant has produced 178,200 tons of cement over the same ten-month period.
We will recall that the Yovon cement plant (Huaxin Gayur Cement Co., Ltd) was introduced into operation in late September last year. Operated by Tajikistan-China joint venture, Huaxin Gayur Cement Co., Ltd, this coal-powered enterprise now produces two types of cement – M-400 and M-500.
Huaxin Gayur Cement Co., Ltd was established by Huaxin Zhongya Investment (Wuhan) Co., Ltd, the subsidiary of Huaxin Cement Co., Ltd, and Gayur Limited Liability Company. Huaxin Zhongya Investment (Wuhan) Investment Co., Ltd assumes the 75% ownership interest and Gayur Limited Liability Company owns 25 percent of the shares in Huaxin Gayur Cement Co., Ltd.
The latest technologies were reportedly used to build the Yovon cement plant with annual capacity of one million tons. The plant reportedly meets regional environmental requirements.
Ten cement plants now operate in Tajikistan. Tajikistan’s annual requirements in cement have sharply increased in connection with construction of the Roghun hydroelectric power plant (HPP), highways and other facilities of the nationwide significance. Current Tajikistan’s annual requirements in cement are 2 million tons.
In 2013, Tajikistan produced 385,000 tons of cement. Cement shortages are covered by cement deliveries from Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Russia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
