Kazakhstan: Chinese cement plant brings jobs and dust, 17 March 2022

...“It was impossible to go outside because of the dust,” Togonbayeva said. “Then, every night at around three or four in the morning there was this awful smell that came and then went.” 

The end of a seasonal pastime and being unable to hang wet laundry outside were soon the least of her family’s problems, Togonbayeva told Eurasianet...

...[H]ealth complaints subsided after Togonbayeva moved her family 1,200 kilometers across Kazakhstan to the Pavlodar region...

Gezhouba Shieli Cement is controlled by two Chinese firms, cement giant Gezhouba Group Cement Company (50 percent) and China Gezhouba Group Overseas Investment Company Limited (20 percent). A locally registered Kazakh company, Danake Corporation, owns a 25 percent stake...