The President of the EUROCEMENT group inspects the progress of the construction of new Akhangarantsement plant

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- President of EUROCEMENT group Mikhail Skorokhod visited the construction site of a new plant based on the existing Akhangarantsement. During the visit to the enterprise, a meeting was held with the head of the contracting company, the general director of Beijing Triumph International Engineering Company (BTIEC) Mr. Ma Mingliang.

Currently, construction work on the production line is underway (over 90% completed). 2.7 thousand tonnes of metal structures were delivered to the site, half of this volume has already been installed. At the same time, equipment is being supplied and installed, 4 thousand tonnes of equipment have already been delivered to the construction site.

“The scale of construction, completed in just one year, is impressive,” said Mikhail Skorokhod at a meeting with the team of Akhangarantsement. - We are witnessing a historic event - the creation in Central Asia of a new, unique in scale and technology cement plant. I am glad to hear the positive assessment of the specialists of the capital construction department regarding the quality of the work already completed. ”

The President discussed the culture of production, storage, transportation and installation of new equipment, staff training for the operation of a high-tech plant. Mikhail Skorokhod also indicated the importance of completing all stages of the project on time and even at a faster pace.

“I express gratitude for the fact that we work at the construction site as one team,” said Mr. Ma Mingliang during the meeting. “This is a guarantee that the project will be completed efficiently and on time.”

The capacity of the new plant is 3 million tonnes of cement per year, the capacity of the existing plant is 2 million tonnes. Investments in construction is US$160 million.

The plant will become a key link in the cluster of building materials. Beijing Triumph International Engineering Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of CNMB, the world’s largest producer of cement and equipment for the cement industry, is participating in the project.

High-quality cement from the plant will go to the most important construction projects in Uzbekistan: power plants, road junctions, airfield coatings, residential, office and commercial earthquake-resistant buildings.

It will be the largest equipment production facility in Central Asia and the most modern enterprise in the CIS with full automation of production, low energy consumption and minimal environmental impact.

The project is being implemented within the framework of a memorandum of cooperation in the construction sector and an agreement on the construction of a new plant between EUROCEMENT group and Uzpromstroymaterialy, signed in 2017 in the presence of the heads of state and prime ministers of Russia and Uzbekistan.

In October 2018, as part of the state visit of the President of Russia to the Republic of Uzbekistan, an agreement was signed between EUROCEMENT group and Uzpromstroymaterialy on the creation of an industrial cluster of building materials.

Earlier in 2016, EUROCEMENTgroup and CNBM signed a cooperation agreement in the presence of President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and Chairman of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping.