BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 14. Uzbekistan provided 3.5 million tons of coal from January through August 2022 for the needs of the population, Trend reports via the Uzbek Ministry of Energy.
During the reported period, 2.7 million tons of coal were provided to the country’s Thermal Power Plants, 476,000 tons to budgetary organizations, and 208,000 tons for exchange trading.
For the autumn-winter season, the state plans to sell an additional 882,000 tons of locally mined coal to the population.