# UTD Holding to expand Jizzakh cement plant to 5Mta capacity

UTD Holding and Uzpromstroymaterialy signed an agreement to expand the Jizzakh cement plant in Uzbekistan, investing over €400 million to increase capacity to 5 million tons per year, including 1 million tons of white cement. The expansion will create about 1,500 new jobs.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2019-07-22
- Where: Farish district, Jizzakh region, Uzbekistan
- Value: $448.0M (400.0M EUR)
- Jobs: 1,500
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 5 million tons per year (including 1 million tons white cement, 4 million tons Portland cement)
- Products: cement, white cement, Portland cement
- Sectors: [Construction Materials](https://endata.com/sectors/construction-materials.md)

## Companies

- [UTD-Holding](https://endata.com/companies/40138.md)
- [Uzpromstroymaterialy](https://endata.com/companies/40830.md) (partner)
- [Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Combine](https://endata.com/companies/40831.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [trend.az](https://www.trend.az/business/economy/3094461.html), 2019-07-23: "Initially, it was planned to bring the plant's capacity to four million tons, but with the discovery of a new limestone open-pit mine, the Almaz field, it was decided to increase the plant's production capacity to five million tons."

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