TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, January 7. Uzbekistan's Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Combine (AMMC) successfully surpassed its 2024 export targets, achieving total exports worth $610.85 million, or 111.1 percent of the forecast, the AMMC told Trend.
Key products delivered to international markets included 51,698 tons of copper products (132.6 percent of the forecast), 15,183 tons of lead concentrate (121.5 percent), and 760 tons of molybdenum products (109.3 percent). Additionally, AMMC met its export targets for rhenium, cadmium, copper sulfate, and palladium powder.
In 2024, the workforce achieved the $550 million export target by mid-November, well ahead of schedule. The combine expanded its export geography to 19 countries, adding Guinea, Senegal, Serbia, South Africa, Morocco, and Portugal to its growing list of markets. Major exports included copper, zinc, molybdenum, rhenium, lead concentrate, cadmium, and palladium powder.
Meanwhile, Uzbekistan's copper industry is set for significant growth with a new partnership between Enter Engineering, a leading construction firm, and FLSmidth, a global mineral processing technology supplier, to enhance copper processing capacity at Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Combine.
Under this agreement, valued at $215 million, FLSmidth will supply core mineral processing equipment and design services for the MOF-4 copper processing plant. This project will strengthen the production capabilities of Almalyk MMC, allowing it to meet the growing domestic demand for copper and contribute to Uzbekistan’s economic diversification.
