00:04Global demand for critical minerals is rising, placing research-rich regions at the center of industrial growth and new economic
00:13opportunities.
00:15This is Business Line Uzbekistan. Hello and welcome!
00:20The country, with its rich geological regions, is actively developing rare and strategic metals.
00:26By 2030, the country plans to increase its annual production to 500,000 tons of copper, 155 tons of gold,
00:37500 tons of silver and 10,000 tons of uranium.
00:41Uzbekistan aims to launch 76 projects, targeting 28 rare minerals, with a total investment of more than 2 billion euros.
00:50International cooperation plays a crucial role in Uzbekistan's strategy.
00:56The European Union has signed memorandums of understanding on critical minerals with Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan,
01:04aims to attract private investment into the region's mining and processing industries.
01:09Here is more!
01:11The Almalik Mining and Metallurgical Complex is one of Uzbekistan's and Central Asia's leading producers of copper,
01:18molybdenum, polymetallic and gold-bearing ores.
01:22It also ranks among the world's top 30 copper producers.
01:25We are in the Kalmakar open-pit mine, one of the largest copper deposits in the world.
01:31This massive site supplies millions of tons of copper ore each year, playing a key role in Uzbekistan's mining and
01:38metallurgical industry.
01:46The Almalik Mining and the Almalik Mining and the Almalik Mining is one of the largest metals in the world.
02:05Key metals include copper, gold, silver, molybdenum and sulfur.
02:10Rare elements such as rhenium, selenium and tellurium are also extracted here.
02:22The mine stretches 4 km in lands, 2.3 km in weeds and reaches a depth of 250 meters.
02:31The mining has increased in two and a half times.
02:36These amounts have more than 50 years.
02:39Another key component of the Almalik complex is the zinc plant.
02:43It produces zinc, cadmium, sulfuric acid, zinc oxide, copper clinker and zinc sulfate,
02:50with annual zinc output reaching up to 120,000 tons.
02:54We also have the brass all by the atomic acid itself.
03:01We also have the brass all by the aluminum acid of the gold liquid.
03:03And we also have the brass all by the iron and zinc oxide.
03:07We also have the brass all by the iron.
03:08We also have the brass all by the iron off by the iron.
03:10To reduce environmental impact, a new sulfuric acid production unit is being launched.
03:16It will capture and process industrial gases that would otherwise be relaced into the atmosphere.
03:37With rising production and major investments, the mining sector is set to play a growing
03:43role in the global critical minerals supply chain.
03:48Joining us love is Oral Yusupov, Deputy Minister of Mining Industry and Geology.
03:53Mr. Yusupov, thank you for being here.
03:56What new projects are planned in Uzbekistan?
04:17Mr. Yusupov, Deputy Minister of Mining Industry and Geology of Mining Industry
04:46Now all we have time for this edition, you can get more business news at Euronews.com
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