BAKU, Azerbaijan, Dec. 4
By Klavdiya Romakayeva - Trend:
Uzbekistan plans to significantly reduce the cost of coal mining and the share of fixed costs for every 1,000 tons of coal mined at the Shargun deposit, as well as to prevent production losses through the use of modern equipment and technologies, Trend reports referring to uzdaily.uz.
Shargunkumir JSC produces coal from the ground at two mines located in the Surkhandarya region. The company was commissioned in 1958 and mines coal with a heating capacity of 40-50°, and smelts high quality pig iron from 5200 to 8100 Kcal / kg.
Today, the balance reserves of coal at the Shargun deposit alone amount to 33 million tons.
Over the past three years, the enterprise produced capital construction and repair work, old shops were reconstructed, new ones are being built in accordance with the Decree of the President of Uzbekistan on measures to implement the investment project Modernization of Shargunkumir JSC with bringing the design capacity to 900,000 tons of coal per year.
In addition, as part of the execution of the above documents, a cooperation agreement was signed with China Railway Tunnel Group Co., Ltd. and China Coal Technology & Engineering Group Corp on a large investment project to modernize Shargunkumir JSC. The total cost of the project amounted to $105.5 million, including, $89.8 million at the expense of Chinese Eximbank.
In particular, an agreement was signed with the China Railway Tunnel Group Co., Ltd, within the framework of which seven specialists from Tashkent institutes were selected and sent on a business trip to the Saryasiya district of the Surkhandarya region for certification and testing of the supplied new measuring instruments and equipment.
“The modernization of the technical and technological base and the modernization of production are carried out at the expense of the funds provided, including with the introduction of modern high-performance equipment, as well as coal mining from 160,000 to 900,000 tons per year,” the chief engineer of Shargunkomir JSC said.
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