Bahrom Islomov, Minister of Mining Industry and Geology of the Republic of Uzbekistan, held a meeting with Dr. Klaus Mangold, head of Mangold Consulting. During the discussion, the parties reviewed the ongoing reforms in Uzbekistan’s mining and geological sectors, as well as prospects for the further development of the industry. Special attention was given to…
The rescue operation at a mine, were a pulp breakthrough occurred at the depth of 410 meters, lasted for more than 14 days. According to the Emergency Service, as the result of the accident two miners perished. Pulp is a mixture, consisting of small solid minerals (sand, granulated slag) and water. The Emergency Service eliminated…
Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure Asatur Vardanyan met with a delegation led by Gareth Kirkham, Chair of the Committee for Mineral Reserves International Reporting Standards (CRIRSCO). Vardanyan emphasized that Armenia’s accession to CRIRSCO was of strategic importance and was part of the country’s mining sector development strategy. The meeting focused on Armenia’s accession…
Four miners trapped in Adakhan mine in Batken region have been rescued. The collapse occurred on November 23 in Sulyukta, the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported. According to it, rescuers from the mining emergency rescue service were working at a depth of approximately 110 meters. They quickly supplied air to the…
The ministers responsible for mining and geology of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan held a working meeting to discuss prospects for expanding bilateral cooperation in the sector. During the talks, Uzbekistan’s Minister of Mining Industry and Geology Bobir Islamov and Kazakhstan’s Minister of Industry and Construction Yersayin Nagaspaev reviewed the current state of cooperation between the two…
The mining industry accounts for 9.5% of Kyrgyzstan’s GDP, Arkady Rogalsky, a World Bank data consultant, has said. He noted that 41.2% of investment went to the mining sector, which accounted for 56.5% of the country’s industrial output. According to Rogalsky, the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in Kyrgyzstan dates back to 2004, based on…
From January to September, Azerbaijan imported $8.254 million worth of mining products from Turkey, a 19.7% decrease compared to the same period last year. In September alone, Turkey exported $1.097 million worth of mining products to Azerbaijan, a 45.4% decrease compared to the previous year. Over the first nine months of the year, the total…
In October, the Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko will hold meetings in the USA on the extraction of mineral reserves in Ukraine under the agreement to create the Reconstruction Investment Fund. “We have a positive from the economic agreement known as the Minerals Deal. The fund has started operating. We had a big meeting with major…