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Tajikistan: The Tajikistan government has announced that the Tajikistan Aluminum Company (TALCO) will build a 3Mt/yr cement plant costing over US$600m in a joint venture with China National Building Material Company (CNBM). The new plant will be built in Khatlon province in the south of the country. The plant is expected to be operational by the end of 2013 and the project will create 5000 new jobs.

Tajikistan: 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.