Editing Economy of Turkmenistan (section)

===Construction materials===
Four cement plants operate in Turkmenistan, and plans have been announced to construct three more.<ref name=cement1>{{cite news|url= https://jcement.ru/content/news/v-turkmenistane-khotyat-postroit-novyy-tsementnyy-zavod-i-modernizirovat-dva-deystvuyushchikh/|title=В Туркменистане хотят построить новый цементный завод и модернизировать два действующих|date=21 February 2020|language=Russian|publisher=«Цемент и его применение»}}</ref><ref name=cement2>{{cite news|url=https://centralasia.news/6890-v-turkmenistane-uvelichat-proizvodstvo-cementa-na-2-mln-tonn-v-god.html|title=В Туркменистане увеличат производство цемента на 2 млн тонн в год|date=22 June 2020|language=Russian|publisher=CentralAsia.news}}</ref><ref name=cement3>{{cite news|url=https://orient.tm/proizvodstvo-cementa-v-turkmenistane-budet-uvelicheno-na-2-mln-tonn-v-god/|title=Производство цемента в Туркменистане будет увеличено на 2 млн тонн в год|date=19 June 2020|language=Russian|publisher=Orient}}</ref><ref name=cement4>{{cite news|url=https://sng.today/ashkhabad/13501-obemy-proizvodstva-cementa-v-turkmenistane-budut-uvelicheny-na-2-mln-tonn-v-god.html|title=Ежегодное производство цемента в Туркменистане вырастет на 2 млн тонн|date=22 June 2020|language=Russian|publisher=Голос СНГ}}</ref> The four cement plants currently in operation, each designed to produce one million tons per year, are:
:* [[Baherden]] Cement Plant ([[Ahal Region|Ahal Province]])
:* Kelete Cement Plant (Ahal Province)
:* [[Lebap Region|Lebap]] Cement Plant (in [[Türkmenabat]])
:* [[Balkan Region|Balkan]] Cement Plant (in [[Jebel, Turkmenistan|Jebel]])<ref name=cement>{{cite news|url=http://www.newscentralasia.net/2019/11/26/2020-could-be-a-pivotal-year-for-turkmenistan-part-2-ru/ |title=2020 год может быть поворотным для Туркменистана – Часть 2 |first=Tariq |last=Saeedi |language=ru |date=26 November 2019 |publisher=News Central Asia}}</ref><ref name=polimeks2>{{cite web|url= http://polimeks.com/ru/buildingdetail/51/5/лебапский-цементный-завод |title=Лебапский цементный завод Туркменабад – 2012 |publisher=Polimeks |language=ru, en, tr |access-date=18 April 2021}}</ref>

In 2019, President Berdimuhamedov noted that the Kelete plant was operating at 8.1%, the Lebap plant at 88%, the Baherden plant at 64%, and the Balkan plant at just over 40% of design capacity.<ref name=cement />

{| class="wikitable"
| colspan="6" align="center" |Cement Production in Turkmenistan<ref name=stat2020b>{{cite book|title=Türkmenistanyň Ýyllyk Statistik Neşiri 2019 Ýyl|page=30|date=2020|place=Ashgabat|language=Turkmen, Russian, English|publisher=State Committee of Statistics of Turkmenistan}}</ref><br>in thousand tonnes
|-
| align="center" |2014
| align="center" |2015
| align="center" |2016
| align="center" |2017
| align="center" |2018
| align="center" |2019
|-
| align="center" |3,401.5
| align="center" |3,549.9
| align="center" |3,550.0
| align="center" |2,881.4
| align="center" |2,651.4
| align="center" |1,993.2
|}

In 2019, Turkmenistan produced 5.1 million standard square meters (4mm thickness) of sheet glass.<ref name=stat2020b /> A $375 million float glass and glass container plant built by Tepe Inşaat of Turkey was opened 14 February 2018, in Ovadandepe north of Ashgabat.<ref name=glass1>{{cite news|url=https://www.glass-international.com/news/375-million-glass-plant-opens-in-turkmenistan|title=$375 million glass plant opens in Turkmenistan|first=Greg|last=Morris|publisher=Glass International|date=16 February 2018}}</ref><ref name=tepe>{{cite web|url=https://tepe.com.tr/en/anasayfa/news-14-5-2018-10-49-24/tepe-insaat-constructs-the-most-modern-glass-complex-of-central-asia-in-turkmen|title=Tepe İnşaat Constructs the Most Modern Glass Complex of Central Asia in Turkmenistan|publisher=Tepe İnşaat|date=14 February 2018}}</ref><ref name=ayna>{{cite web|url=https://turkmenpetroleum.com/en/2018/02/15/turkmenistan-has-put-into-operation-a-glass-factory-which-has-no-analogues-in-the-region/|title=TURKMENISTAN HAS PUT INTO OPERATION A GLASS FACTORY, WHICH HAS NO ANALOGUES IN THE REGION|date=15 February 2018|publisher=Turkmen Petroleum|access-date=15 March 2021|archive-date=11 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411201114/https://turkmenpetroleum.com/en/2018/02/15/turkmenistan-has-put-into-operation-a-glass-factory-which-has-no-analogues-in-the-region/|url-status=dead}}</ref> It replaced a Soviet-era glass factory located in central Ashgabat.  In 2019, the value of Turkmenistan's glass exports as reported by trading partners was US$9.5 million.<ref name=uncomtrade>{{cite web|url=https://comtrade.un.org/data/|title=UN Comtrade Database}} Database search on HS Code 70 "Glass and glassware", Trading partner "Turkmenistan", Reporters "All"</ref>

A steel [[smelter]], Türkmen Demir Önümleri Döwlet Kärhanasy ({{langx|en|Turkmen Iron Products State Enterprise}}) operating on scrap metal is located at kilometer 22 on the Ashgabat-Dashoguz Automobile Highway near Ovadandepe.  It produces mainly [[rebar]] and [[channel iron]].<ref name=steel>{{cite web|url=https://turkmenportal.com/catalog/372|title=Металлургический завод|publisher=Turkmenportal|date=17 October 2012}}</ref><ref name=steel2>{{cite news|url=https://turkmenportal.com/blog/16846/novyi-metallurgicheskii-zavod-budet-vveden-v-ovadandepe|title=Новый металлургический завод будет введен в Овадандепе|date=20 December 2018|publisher=Turkmenportal}}</ref><ref name=official>{{cite web|url=http://turkmendemironumleri.com.tm/|title=TÜRKMENDEMIRÖNIMLERI DÖWLET KÄRHANASY|access-date=26 March 2021}}</ref>

The Ceramic Products Plant in [[Bäherden]], opened on 2025, produces 3.3 million square meters of ceramic [[tile]]s and 120,000 [[Toilet|sanitary ware]] units annually using local raw materials. Equipped with advanced technology from [[SACMI]], it meets [[Fourth Industrial Revolution|Industry 4.0]] standards, is environmentally friendly, provides 460 jobs. <ref>[https://tdh.gov.tm/ru/post/44110/prezident-turkmenistana-prinyal-uchastie-v-ceremonii-otkrytiya-predpriyatiya-keramicheskih-izdelij-baherden Церемония открытия предприятия керамических изделий «Bäherden»]</ref>