"JV "CASPI
BITUM" LLP has summed up the results of its work for the first quarter of
2020. Since the beginning of January,
the Aktau Bitumen Plant has experienced an annual planned preventive
maintenance, while in March, there was a more than 30% increase in the volume
of oil processing and bitumen production compared to the same period in
2019. Thus, the volume of oil processing
has reached 106,832 tons against 81,739 tons in 2019, and the production of
road bitumen has increased from 33,630 tons in 2019 to 44,057 tons in 2020.
The shipment of bitumen to the RK regions has totalled 44,991 tons, of which 4,370 tons are Packed bitumen, and 800 tons of bitumen in bags (big bags) were sent to the Atyrau region. According to the results of the first quarter of 2020, the leaders in the consumption of road bitumen produced at the Aktau Bitumen Plant are Almaty region - 14,917 tons (33.2%), Kostanay region – 5,628 tons (12.5%) and Mangistau region – 4,230 tons (9.4 %).