Azerbaijan: Baku expanding railway network

Laying work of new station tracks started at the Eybat cargo train station in Qaradag district of Baku, said the message of the public-relations department of Azerbaijan Railways on February 5. A surge of cargo turnover is expected after the completion of large-scale projects carried out on the railways of the country, the message notes.…

Kazakhstan: new cement plant to appear

China’s Gezhouba Group Cement Co., Ltd. plans to commission a cement plant in Kazakhstan’s Kyzylorda region in December, said the company’s head, Lee Min, on the sidelines of a meeting with the region’s head, Krymbek Kusherbaev. The parties discussed the construction of the cement plant in Shieli, Kyzylorda region, by the Chinese company, as well…

Belarus: BCC cement exports up in 2017

In 2017 the managing company of the holding company Belarusian Cement Company exported 1,412,000 tons of cement worth $68.2 million, up by 42.6% YoY, representatives of the holding company reported. The positive dynamics was secured by the commissioning of new enterprises with state-of-the-art technologies and constant cost-reduction efforts. “Over the last two years we’ve managed…