Uzbekistan: sanctions against Gazprombank threaten expansion of copper mine

The U.S. Treasury Department’s decision to impose sanctions on Gazprombank poses a potential major challenge to Uzbekistan’s growing mining industry, which has relied on the Russian bank for financing the expansion of the $4.8-billion copper mine project, expected to nearly double the country’s copper production. With Gazprombank now excluded from the international payment system, Uzbekistan…

Uzbekistan: construction of 4th copper-processing plant begins at Almalyk

On October 15, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev got acquainted with the activities of the Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex and new investment projects. Economic reforms are yielding results in all sectors. Over the past six years, the volume of industrial output at the Almalyk plant has increased 1.8-fold, localization 7.7-fold and investments 13-fold. More than 70…

Uzbekistan: Almalyk exports up in January-August 2024

In January-August, Almalyk Mining and Processing Works exported products worth $425.57 million, up by 18.8% from the forecast. In particular, the company exported 36.219 thousand tons of copper, up by 40.9%. Zinc products exports totaled 18.337 thousand tons. Molybdenum products exports amounted to 520 tons (+8.3%) and lead concentrate – 11.302 thousand tons (+9.8%). (Ukrainian…

Uzbekistan: Almalyk launches new product manufacture

Almalyk Mining and Processing Works has launched manufacture of gold and silver in granules. Granulated gold is used in jewelry, medicine, radio-electronics, microelectronics, chemistry and in the manufacture of measuring devices. Moreover, the company also produces copper in granules. Having conducted a market analyses, Almalyk will also produce granules of other non-ferrous metals. (Ukrainian metal)