Tajikistan: loan needed to prospect alumina deposit

Tajikistan needs some $500 thousand to complete the prospecting works at the Kurgovad deposit. The deposit has large resources of alumina, the main raw material for the manufacture of aluminum. The project aims among other thing at “solving current economic and social issues of development of Tajikistan, mastering the manufacture of competitive products to replace…

Tajikistan: new alumina supply route found

An alternative route has been established for the supply of raw materials from Azerbaijan to Tajikistan for the needs of the Tajik Aluminum Company (TALCO), the Tajik Embassy in Azerbaijan reported. This route implies deliveries from Azerbaijan through Russia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan to Tajikistan bypassing Turkmenistan. The transit through Turkmenistan has recently been closed, and…