The «Standard Cement» plant is one of the largest and most capital-intensive projects within the territory of South Kazakhstan region. The plant meets all norms and standards for quality and safety. The work here is performed by leveraging new technologies, allowing the company to be fully considered an environmentally-clean manufacturer.
«Standard Cement» is а high-powered and the most innovative cement plant in Kazakhstan – built under the State Program of forced industrial-innovative development of the Republic of Kazakhstan for 2010-2014, included in the «100 Corporate Leaders of Kazakhstan program. The plant is located in the Kyzylsai village, Shymkent for which it has become а local economic mainstay; over 1,000 people work there. General Director – Baurzhan Serikzhanovich Seitzhanov.
From the very beginning of the project, a focus was put on engaging local construction materials, equipment, and specialists. All construction activities have been performed by Kazakhstani companies. More than 30 young Kazakhstani specialists were trained at the expense of Standard Cement LLP in the Tianjin Research Institute of Cement Industry of the PRC.
The production operations are carried out using new technology and are environmentally friendly; – plant meets all environmental and ecological requirements. The high-powered three-level electrostatic precipitators and 51 bag filters almost nullify atmospheric emissions and are not harmful to the environment.
«Standard Cement» is capable of producing large volumes of high-quality cement, its current productive capacity today- 2 million tons of cement per year. The equipment provider – Tianjin Research Institute of Cement Industry of the PRC. There are three types of cement produced: portland cement 400 DO, 400 D20, and slag-portland cement 500 DO. Under special request, cement grades 700 and 800 are also produced here, which are used in the construction of military and aeronautical facilities and subways. The company has the API Spec. 1 ОА license for the production of well cement.
Since 2019, the company has been operating an integrated management system certified for compliance with quality management, environmental management, and energy management systems: API Ql, ISO 9001:2015 (ST RК ISO 9001-2016), ISO 14001:2015 (ST RК ISO 14001-2016), ISO 50001 :2011 (ST RК ISO 50001-2012).
The company has established an Integrated Management System (IMS), which contains intentions and directions in the areas of quality, labor protection, ecology, and energy management, as well as ensuring confidence that the company’s products meet customer requirements, are safe to use, and are not harmful to the environment. Standard Cement LLP has the necessary means and competent personnel to implement the requirements of IMS. The senior management is responsible for providing the company with the necessary resources and information.
All «Standard Cement» activities are aimed at meeting the needs and expectations of consumers, ensuring a high level of product quality, and establishing partnerships with suppliers and other business partners.
It is the only enterprise in Kazakhstan that produces cement using the «dry method. There are no more than twenty such production operations in the world. The wet method is environmentally dirty, it is an obsolete technology.
How is the cement produced? Initially, the wet limestone and clay are crushed in crushers and dried in special drying drums. Then the components run into the mill and are mixed. The obtained raw material is chemically connected and sent to the shaft furnaces. This significantly reduces the cost of the burning, unlike the wet method, which involves mixing raw materials with water in the first stage. The energy input is reduced by almost 1.5-2 times in the dry process.
Upon the initiative of the Head of the company, S. Seitzhanov, who has been engaged in science since he was a student, Chinese partners were offered the technology of adding phosphorus slag, and this offer has been approved. Another important initiative of the head of SOUTH-OIL – implementation of a project to produce plugging cement used in oil fields for cementing wells for the purpose of waterproofing. This has enabled us to meet the needs of oil fields and increase the Kazakhstani component of production. The demand for high-grade cement is enormous and growing.
In 2015, it was decided to build a concrete mixing station in Astana, and with the help of Standard Cement products, the large construction companies, such as BI Group, Basis-A, Sembol Insaat, and others, raised the facilities for Expo 2017.
In 2018, Kazakhstan became a net exporter of cement – for the first time in its history, particularly during the Soviet-era. The plant also owns several quaпies- coal, limestone, ore, clay, sand, which provide the company with raw materials, has its own rail and truck fleets, and is almost independent of outside suppliers.
There is also electricity – at Kenlyk Field, an associated gas processing plant also produces electricity, some of which goes to the needs of the plant. The entire production cycle is looped, from the quarry to packaging.
