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Armenia: Hrazdan Cement has been purchased by GM Holding and is back in operation. According to local media reports the cement plant was bought by a company owned by Arsen Mikaelyan, the chairman of Armbusinessbank, in late 2017. The bankrupt cement producer was previously taken over by its creditor, the VTB Bank (Armenia).

Hrazdan Cement, originally known as Mika Cement, was built in 1970. The company was privatised in 2001 and has had financial problems since 2013. The cement plant has two production lines and a clinker production capacity of 1Mt/yr and a cement production capacity of 1.2Mt/yr.