DUSHANBE, October 2, 2013, Asia-Plus -- The first coal-fired rotary kiln is expected to be introduced into operation at the Dushanbe cement plant this week, according to the Ministry of Energy and Industry (MoEI)

China’s company, Beijing Uni-Construction Group Co., Ltd has installed the coal-fired rotary kiln with capacity of 600 tons of cement per day at the Dushanbe cement plant, which is Tajikistan’s largest cement-producing enterprise.   

President Emomali Rahmon is expected to attend an official ceremony of introducing the first coal-fired rotary kiln at the Dushanbe cement plant into operation.

The Dushanbe cement plant has four large rotary kilns with capacity of 600 tons cement per day each and two small rotary kilns with capacity of 300 tons each.

The Dushanbe cement plant with rated capacity of 1.2 million tons has not been in operation since the beginning of this year because of lack of natural gas.

Pakistan now provides the bulk of Tajikistan’s cement imports.  Tajikistan is currently importing up to 1.7 million tons of cement per year from Pakistan.