Tajikistan: Tajik-Chinese joint venture Huaxin Gayur Cement is building a 1Mt/yr cement plant in the Yovon district of Khatlon province, according to the Ministry of Energy and Industries (MoEI). The budget for the coal-powered plant is US$110m.

Elsewhere in Tajikistan a 50,000t/yr plant being built at Vahdat Township by Tajik-Chinese joint venture, Vahdat Hualun is nearing completion. It is expected to start operation during the first quarter 2013. A plant with a cement production capacity of 20,000t/yr in the northern city of Konibodom will start operation in the first half of 2013. Two cement plants funded by foreign investment in Danghara and Shahritous districts are also nearing completion. A 100,000t/yr plant in the Mastchoh district, Sughd province that opened in 2012 has plans to increase its capacity to 1Mt/yr.

According to data from the MoEI, eight cement plants with a capacity of 1.5Mt/yr currently operate in Tajikistan. The country's largest cement plant is OJSC Tojikcement (Dushanbe cement plant) with a capacity of 1.1Mt/yr. However it has not been in operation since the start of January 2013 due to a lack of natural gas.

Tajikistan's annual demand for cement has sharply increased in connection with construction of the Roghun hydroelectric power plant (HPP), highways and other facilities of the nationwide significance. Currently Pakistan is the main supplier of cement to Tajikistan.