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Gypsum travels by train from Iran to China

01 August 2024

Iran: A gypsum exporter has despatched a trial shipment of 50 containers of ground gypsum by rail from Qom to Yiwu, China. Trend News Agency has reported that the trial is the outcome of successful negotiations between China, Iran, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan in April 2024. The 15-day train journey passes through all four countries. The containers will transfer trains at the Etrek rail terminal in Turkmenistan, in order to circumvent issues of rail gauge differences between countries.

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EuroChem launches latest phase of chemical complex project in Kazakhstan that will produce synthetic gypsum as a byproduct

17 May 2024

Kazakhstan: Switzerland-based EuroChem has signed an agreement with China National Chemical Engineering for the design, construction and commissioning of a chemical complex in Janatas, Jambyl Region. The third phase of the ongoing project will see the building of a site that will produce synthetic gypsum and calcium chloride as byproducts of the main processes. These byproducts will then be used used in construction materials and as reagents for the road construction, coal and hydrocarbon industries.

During Phase I, a phosphate mining complex was built and commissioned. As part of Phase II, a contract has been signed and the company has started construction of a sulphuric acid facility to be commissioned in 2026. Following the realization of Phase III, in 2027, the group will launch a chemical complex. The combined total investment to date and planned capital expenditure will exceed US$1bn and the project is included in the Integrated Kazakhstan Industrialization Roadmap.

Oleg Shiryaev, the Group President of EuroChem, said “The total annual output will exceed 1Mt/yr of mineral fertilisers and associated industrial products. The products from the new complex will be in high demand in Kazakhstan, other Central Asian countries, as well as in China, Russia and European countries.”

EuroChem is a global fertiliser company that manufactures and supplies nitrogen, phosphate and potash products. It employs 32,000 people worldwide.

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Volma buys gypsum plant and quarry in Kazakhstan

29 September 2023

Kazakhstan: Russia-based Volma has completed its acquisition of a gypsum plant in Inderborsky, Atyrau Region and a nearby quarry. No value for the transaction has been disclosed. The company noted that the stone extracted from the quarry has a gypsum content of 94%. The plant has started recruiting employees and will supply the local market with products under the Volma brand. Reports in the Russia-based media in August 2023 indicated that Volma was preparing to buy a plant in Kazakhstan with a production capacity of 120,000t/yr of building gypsum and other products.

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Volma to buy gypsum plant in Kazakhstan

03 August 2023

Kazakhstan: Russia-based Volma is preparing to finalise the purchase of a gypsum plant in Kazakhstan. The unnamed target of the acquisition has a production capacity of 120,000t/yr of building gypsum and other products, according to the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper. The transaction also includes a gypsum deposit. Discussions for the acquisition first started in February 2023. The plant is expected to become part of Volma in the third quarter of 2023.

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Knauf to build wallboard plant in Kazakhstan

22 June 2023

Kazakhstan: Germany-based Knauf has signed a deal with the government of the Zhambyl region to build a gypsum wallboard and dry building mixtures plant. The project has a cost of around Euro30m, according to InterFax. Completion is scheduled by 2026. Local subsidiary Knauf Gips Taraz is now developing design and estimate documentation for the construction of necessary infrastructure. Products from the proposed plant will be sold in the domestic market. The project is one of nine agreements between organisations from Germany and Kazakhstan announced during an official visit by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

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Alina Group to commission new gypsum wallboard plant in Almaty in 2022

21 April 2022

Kazakhstan: Alina Group plans to invest US$112,000 in the construction of a gypsum wallboard ‘mini factory’ in Almaty Region. Kazakhstan Newsline has reported that the company expects to commission the facility in 2022. The group is already engaged in the construction of two building materials plants in the region, at a total investment cost of US$35.9m.

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Alphaplatre to supply plaster tile production line for Alina in Kazakhstan

18 February 2022

Kazakhstan: France-based Alphaplatre has won an order to supply a plaster tile production line for Alina. The scope of supply includes preparation and mixing, tile molding, drying and semi-automatic palletisation. No commissioning date has been released.

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Zhambylgips to resume gypsum wallboard production

14 June 2021

Kazakhstan: France-based Saint-Gobain subsidiary Zhambylgips plans to resume the production of gypsum wallboard. Kapital News has reported that the move will create jobs and lead to the development of transport infrastructure in the area, according to the company.

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JSC ZhambylGypsum gypsum unit starts operation in Kazakhstan

07 February 2017

Kazakhstan: JSC ZhambylGypsum has started operation of a gypsum unit and a calcium carbonate unit at a production site in the Zhambyl region. The project cost around US$78m and each unit has a production capacity of 0.27Mt/yr, according to InterFax. The production units are intended to become part of a larger gypsum plant that will be built at a later date.

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Kazupak Trade opens gypsum plant in Kazakhstan

26 January 2017

Kazakhstan: Kazupak Trade has released information about the construction of its 500t/day gypsum plant in Taraz. Construction work at the site started in 2015 and it was commissioned in October 2016. Equipment for the plant was bought from Turkey's Erişim Makina. The plant started full operation in November 2016. The gypsum producer intends to build a second production line within the next 10 years. It sells gypsum under the brand 'Kazgyps.'

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