Azerbaijan: Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has opened a cement production line at a new 1Mt/yr cement plant in Gazakh. The project is a joint investment between Akkord Industrial Construction Investment Corporation and the International Bank of Azerbaijan. Construction began at the plant in 2010.
Construction of the plant has been planned in two stages, starting with the commissioning of cement first followed by gypsum production. Construction work on the cement production line was completed in March 2013. The plant has a planned clinker production capacity of 2500t/day.