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Cementi Tojik disbands and shuts Dushanbe cement plant
02 January 2024Tajikistan: Cementi Tojik announced the closure of the 1.1Mt/yr Dushanbe cement plant and its disbandment as a company on 26 December 2023. Asia-PLUS News has reported the reason for the company’s departure from the industry as a government regulation issued in mid-2023, which ordered the closure of the plant due to ‘serious’ emissions violations.
Tajikistan plans for construction of six new cement plants
16 January 2015Tajikistan: Tajikistan's Ministry of Industry and New Technologies plans to open six new cement plants in the next two years. Currently the country has 10 cement plants. The additional capacity will reportedly turn Tajikistan from a cement importer to an exporter.
Construction began on a 1.2Mt/yr capacity Tajikistan-China joint venture cement plant, Tajchina, which is expected to start production in 2015. Additionally, plans have been made for other cement plants in the Dangara, Bobokon, Gafurov and Isfara Districts and in Istiklol City. The country's largest cement plant at present is Huaxin Gayur Cement Co, a joint venture between a subsidiary of Huaxin Cement Co and Gaur Limited Liability Company.
Tajikcement production thwarted by gas shortage
24 December 2012Tajikistan: Tajikcement, the largest cement plant in Tajikistan, has stopped production due to a shortage of natural gas according to a report from the Avesta news agency.
"Natural gas is the main fuel for the factory. Partial interruption in the supply of gas caused a decrease in cement production. The factory produced 190,500t of cement in January to November 2012, which is a 60,000t decrease compared to the same period in 2011," said a source quoted by Avesta. He added that gas supplies to the plant in Dushanbe have been interrupted several times in 2012.
Saydakhmad Sharofutdinov, the head of the Tajiktransgas the nation's gas importing company, said that the thermal power plant in Dushanbe was the largest consumer of natural gas in Tajikistan, receiving 100,000m3/day.
Suhgd Cement launches 0.1Mt/yr plant in Tajikistan
31 October 2012Tajikistan: New cement producer Suhgd Cement has opened a 100,000t/yr cement plant in northern Tajikistan. Tajik Energy and Industry Minister Gul Sherali attended the official opening ceremony on 20 October 2012.
The company intends its capacity to grow to 1Mt/yr, making it the biggest cement producer in the country. Equipment for the plant was sourced from Chinese suppliers at a cost of US$1.8m. More than 140 people work at the plant, which will rise to 300 when the capacity increases.
Tajikcement is currently the biggest cement producer in Tajikistan with a capacity of 1.1Mt/yr. However the country continues to import building materials to satisfy demand. In September 2011 the joint company Juaxin Gayur Cement JV, between Tajik Gayur and Chinese Juaxin Central Asia Investment, started construction of a 1Mt/yr plant in the Javan region costing US$100m. This plant is expected to be launched in autumn 2013.