Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Sept.17 / Trend D. Azizov /
Uzbekistan's largest nitrogen fertilizer production is planning a dimethyl ether production project in 2011-2013. The Ferghana Chemical Fiber Plant estimated the preliminary costs at around $90 million.
A feasibility study is underway and will be submitted to the government by late this year.
The project will be financed by Uzkhimprom, as well as domestic and foreign loans.
Ferghanaazot also plans to implement a project to modernize chemical fiber production by 2012. The project will cost roughly $5 million.
The company's acetate filament production increased four times in 2009 from 500 to 2,000 tons.
The Ferghana Chemical Fiber Plant was commissioned in 1969 to meet the demands of light industry enterprises for artificial textile fibers. Its design capacity is 14,800 tons of chemical fibers, including 6,600 tons of acetate filament per year.