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Summary of Project Information (SPI)
Project number8940
Project nameSEF Kazakhstan Construction Materials Company
CountryKazakhstan
SectorNonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing
DepartmentGlobal Manufacturing & Services
Company nameClosed Joint Stock Company "Kazakhstan Construction Company"
Environmental categoryB
Date disclosedMay 12, 1998
StatusCompleted
Previous EventsInvested: February 2, 1999
Signed: November 9, 1998
Approved: July 15, 1998

Revised Summary of Project Information (SPI)


Project Name Kazakstan-Kazakstan Construction Company

Region Central Asia, Middle East and North Africa

Sector Manufacturing

Project No. 008940

Project Board Date June 12, 1998

Company Name Kazakstan Construction Company (KCC)


Major Shareholders

Mr.Ermek Mussin , through three existing companies belonging to him; Ermin Plastics, Ermin Stroy and Ermin Profile. The assets of Ermin Plastics and Ermin Stroy will be transferred to KCC the paid-up capital of which will be US$1.4 million.

Project Cost Including Proposed IFC investment

The total project cost is $2.6 million. IFC’s investment is expected to be up to $1.2million in the form of a loan.

Location of the Project and Description of the Site

The project will be located in Kapchagai, a city about 50km from Almaty, in an existing working bay measuring 10,000 square meters. The project facilities include a four kilometer railway siding, storage bays for cement, sand and aggregate and 5 hectares of land

Description of the Company and Purpose of the Project

KCC is a limited partnership company which was registered in February 1998 to take over the manufacture of concrete pavement bricks, concrete road slabs and concrete hollow blocks (generically named as concrete masonry units) currently being manufactured by two of the Sponsor’s companies in order to consolidate the production of these items in one company and also to expand existing capacity from 120,000 square meters of concrete masonry units per annum to 360,000 square meters per annum.

Without IFC’s involvement it will not be possible for the sponsor to rapidly expand capacity to meet the growing market demand. IFC’s assistance will facilitate introduction of modern management and technical practices and the facilities will be comparable to modern concrete masonry manufacturing units in western countries.

Environmental Category and Issues

This is a category “B” project according to IFC's environmental review procedure. Environmental, occupational health and safety issues associated with the project include: air emissions, liquid effluents, solid wastes, fire prevention and emergency response, employee health safety and training; and employee protection from noise and dust. The sponsor has presented plans to address these issues and demonstrate the proposed project will comply with applicable governmental and World Bank/IFC requirements.

The Environmental Review Summary is expected to be available on or about May 11, 1998 through the Public Information Center.

Host country location of IBRD Resident Mission, Almaty, Kazakstan
environmental documents

Date SPI sent to PIC May 7, 1998
Revised May 12, 1998


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Environmental documents for this project are available at http://www.ifc.org/projects and from the World Bank InfoShop (http://www.worldbank.org/html/pic/aboutinfo.html).