Azerbaijan: Norm has announced that the 2Mt/yr Gizildash cement plant will start operation in the last quarter of 2013.
"With a cement production capacity of 2Mt/yr it will not only the largest in the region, but also the only plant producing API standard cement," said Norm's general director Hasan Yalcinkaya. Yalchinkaya added that the plant will hire 400 people, with another 100-150 people to be engaged in mining.