According to “BarilgaMN”, in 2013 local cement sales were 12% of total sales while in 2017 local cement sales reached 80% of total sales. Particularly, in 2015 Monpolymet’s Moncement, Munkhiin Bayn Gal with annual capacities of 1 million and 860 thousand tons, in 2016 MAK’s Khukh tsav cement lime factory with an annual capacity of 1 million tons of cement started operations supplying local demands and needs.

The second most important component in construction, armature, has a total annual consumption of 212-338 thousand tons with 19-31% being manufactured locally and 70-80% imported. In Mongolia there are 14 manufacturers with a capacity to produce 148.5 thousand tons of armature per year. The largest manufacturers, “Darkhan Metallurgical plant”, “Dul tushig”, “Niislel Urgoo” and 3 others make up 97% of total local capacity. However, during 2012-2014 when local supply was highest these factories were working at 16-34% capacity.

On the other hand, 69% of import is from Russia with 30% from China. In terms of price, since November 2017 Chinese armature price is stable while Russian armature price has been increasing nonstop. In August 2018 the price per ton of armature was at MNT 1,730,000-1,793,000.

Moreover, the price of a simple brick had increased in the first quarter but stabilized recently. Also, light block price increased nonstop from MNT 126.5 thousand to MNT 137.5 thousand.

Source: Montsame.mn