The President laid the first stone in the foundation of a new copper processing plant

A solemn ceremony dedicated to the start of construction of the third copper processing plant was held at the Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Combine.

«I cordially congratulate all of you on today's joyful event - the start of construction of a new copper processing plant at the Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Combine»,– President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said.

One of the breakthrough steps in this direction will be the construction of a third copper processing plant worth $2 billion on the basis of the Yeshlik-1 deposit. At the first stage, this enterprise will process 60 million tons of ore per year.

At the second stage, the processing capacity will grow to 160 million tons, which is 3 times more than today. As a result of the implementation of these two stages, by 2028 the enterprise will have an annual production capacity of 400 thousand tons of copper, 50 tons of gold and 270 tons of silver.

Thus, the Almalyk plant will become one of the world leaders in the field of mining and metallurgical industry.