Coal production in Uzbekistan has increased from 4 million tons to 5.3 million tons per year over the past 5 years. This was said during the presentation of projects to expand the production of coal and uranium, the press service of the President of Uzbekistan informed, Nova24.uz reports.
Coal reserves in Uzbekistan amount to about 2 billion tons. Following the presentation, the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev set the task of effectively using the existing potential and consistently increasing production volumes.
During the presentation, the responsible persons reported on the ongoing work in this direction. As a result of the ongoing work in the industry, the modernization of the joint-stock company "Shargunkumir" will be completed. This will make it possible to produce up to 900,000 tons more high-quality coal in the country.
President Mirziyoyev pointed to the possibility of further expanding the production of high-quality coal through the development of the Shargun and Baysun deposits. He stressed the need to attract investors to the development of deposits and the implementation of new projects.
At the meeting, it was noted that in July 2022, a Decree of the President of Uzbekistan was signed on increasing the volume of production and processing of uranium at the Navoiyuran state enterprise. In particular, measures have been identified to double its production to 7.1 thousand tons by 2030. At the meeting, special attention was paid to the implementation of these measures.
Currently, Uzbekistan is implementing a number of projects in the industry together with the French company Orano Mining. Mirziyoyev gave instructions on accelerating cooperation projects to increase the efficiency of uranium mining and processing, exploration of its new deposits within the framework of this cooperation.
Earlier it was reported that Uzbekistan plans to double the volume of production and reserves of uranium.
CentralasianLIGHT.org
January 12, 2022