Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov. 18
By Ali Mustafayev – Trend:
Pakistan intends to purchase 150,000 tons of coal per year from Uzbekistan as soon as the modernization of the Uzbek Shargunkumir JSC finishes, Shargunkumir JSC Director for Future Development, Investment and Capital Construction Sattor Saidov told Trend.
He added that currently the company is not able to provide Pakistan with demanded quantity of coal because the process of modernization was delayed by the Chinese consortium of China Coal Technology & Engineering Group Corp. and China Railway Tunnel Group Co., Ltd. However, the work on the modernization project is already on and the company will start the export of coal to Pakistan in 2020 after the mines are completely modernized.
Shargunkumir's currently operating mines are expected to raise the level of coal production from 150,000 tons to 200,000 tons by the end of 2017.
The company intends to increase the output to 700,000 tons per year in 2019 and to 900,000 tons per year in 2020.
Previously, the director of the company, during an interview with Trend, announced that the modernization of the company within the cooperation with China will have its influence on total coal exports of Uzbekistan.