Uzbekistan: Producers sold 15.0Mt of cement in the first eight months of 2020, up by 105% year-on-year from 7.33Mt over the corresponding period of 2019. Sales fell by 44% in value to US$67.6m from US$120m due to deflated demand, according to Trend News.
Uzpromstroymaterialy head Botir Khuzhabekov said, “In 2019 cement production amounted to 11.0Mt. By the end of 2020, it is planned to bring production to 20.0Mt of cement of grades 400, 500, and 600.”