Kazakhstan: HeidelbergCement plans to start production at a Euro200m cement plant in the western region of Mangistau in 2013 according to a statement made by the Kazakhstan Ministry of Industry and New Technologies on 27 June 2011. The plant will have an initial production capacity of 1Mt/yr of cement with the possibility of doubling its capacity in the future, the Ministry said.
HeidelbergCement has invested Euro70m in infrastructure around the plant, including roads, railway and electricity lines and living quarters for employees. The German cement company entered Kazakhstan in 2005 by purchasing Bukhtarma Cement Company, one of the leading cement producers in the country.
