ShymkentCement Shymkent Cement Plant

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ShymkentCement Shymkent Cement Plant (Завод Шымкентцемент; Шымкентский цементный завод компании Heidelberg) is an integrated cement plant operating in Shymkent, Turkistan, Kazakhstan.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the cement plant in Shymkent, Turkistan, Kazakhstan:

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Coordinates (WGS 84): 42.292318, 69.647017 (exact)

Background

Violations

The plant has been repeatedly fined for violating environmental legislation. In 2005, the fine was 9 million tenge, a year later - already 15 million.

In 2007, the inspection found violations in harmful emissions, waste management, and groundwater deposit use.

In 2008 the plant refused to voluntarily pay 52 million tenge in fines, and so the environmentalists filed a lawsuit in the South Kazakhstan Specialized Interdistrict Economic Court. The legal battle lasted almost six months. The court ruling was in favor of the environmentalists. It is unclear if the plant eventually paid the fine.

Financial penalties did not course correct the plant's operations, since the plant remained profitable, including with minor penalties. The owner at the time was Italcementi Groupe.

In 2012, the plant was fined 43 million tenge.

In 2013, the court collected from JSC Shymkentcement in damages in the amount of 184.5 million tenge and a state fee in the amount of 5.5 million tenge.

In 2016, the plant changed ownership from Italcementi Groupe to HeidelbergCement due to the latter absorbing the former.

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Cement Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant type	Plant status	Start date
integrated	operating	1958

Table 2: Ownership Details

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Parent company	Parent company GEM ID	Owner name	Owner company GEM ID
Heidelberg Materials AG [100.0%]	E100000000414 [100.0%]	ShymkentCement LLP [100.0%] (ТОО Шымкентцемент (Russian) [100.0%])	E100002006545 [100.0%]

Table 3: Capacities (million metric tonnes per annum)

Cement capacity	Clinker capacity
1.30	unknown

Table 4: Cement Production (million metric tonnes per annum)

Primary cement color	Primary cement type	Clinker substitution rate	2024 -2025 Cement production
grey	unknown	A	unknown

Table 5: Clinker Production

Clinker production method	Number of operating kilns (accuracy)	Number of developing kilns (accuracy)	Kiln technology - preheater	Kiln technology - precalciner	Kiln technology - waste heat recovery
mixed	1 (approximate)	unknown	yes	yes	unknown

Table 6: Green Cement Technology

CCS/CCUS	Alternative fuel	Clay calcination
no	no	no

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