Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Mar. 29
By Demir Azizov – Trend:
Uzbekistan’s Navoi Mining and Metallurgy Complex JSC started construction of the fifth hydrometallurgical plant at the Auminza-Amantai gold ore deposit, said the Uzbek presidential press service.
The country’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev attended the plant’s groundbreaking ceremony on March 28.
The new plant, worth $396 million, is expected to annually process five million tons of ore.
Navoi Mining and Metallurgy Complex is one of the largest gold producers in Central Asia.