Uzbekistan plans to produce 6.7 million tons of coal in 2023 

According to the press service of the head of state, over the past six years, 15 new kaolin processing projects worth $148 million have been launched in the country. As a result, the volume of output of finished products from it increased almost 2 times, exports reached $65 million. During the same period, the volume of coal production increased 1.4 times and reached 5.4 million tons.

During the presentation, information was provided on plans in the field of geology, including the increase in reserves of uranium, kaolin and coal. It was noted that this year it is planned to produce 6.7 million tons of coal. 

33 projects for $620 million for kaolin are being implemented. Due to the production of high value-added products from this raw material, it is planned to increase exports to $81 million this year and to $180 million by 2030. 

Also, together with foreign companies, exploration work will be continued to increase uranium reserves. 

The head of state pointed out to responsible persons the opportunities for further improvement of indicators in these areas. The task was set to increase the volume of production, effectively using the existing raw material base, unique technologies and human resources. 

Instructions were given to speed up exploration work by transferring 5 promising coal sites in Surkhandarya to the private sector, introducing technologies for improving the quality and sorting of coal mined in Angren.

The need to explore new kaolin deposits and increase its reserves to 200 million tons, increase the number of projects for the processing of this raw material was indicated. Measures have also been defined to attract foreign investors to the development of hydrothermal and black shale uranium deposits.