The Uzbek Technological Metals Plant (TMP) has commenced construction of an 1 million tons ore annual capacity tungsten complex at a deposit in the Samarkand province, the company's press service said.
Reportedly, the Uzbek Technological Metals Plant is developing an integrated industrial model covering the entire tungsten value chain—upstream, midstream, and downstream.
The complex's resource base will be the Sarikul tungsten deposit in Nurabad district of Samarkand province. The engineering and technological components are being developed by Australian AMC Consulting Pty Ltd and NewPro Consulting and Engineering Services Pty.
Production capacity will be up to 4,000 tons of 65% tungsten concentrate, with the mine life estimated at up to 20 years.
The deposit will be developed using both open-pit and underground mining methods, which will improve technological flexibility and operational safety, the company noted.
TMP was founded in July 2024 on the basis of the Rare Metals and Hard Alloys Research and Production Association, part of the Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Plant.
TMP plans to implement over 70 projects in the critical mineral resource sector by 2028 with $1.6 billion total value. Specifically, tungsten, lithium, and molybdenum mining and processing facilities are due to be launched in the next three years, generating total revenue of $1.5 billion.
Deposits of over 30 metals, including tungsten, molybdenum, magnesium, lithium, germanium, graphite, vanadium, and titanium, have been discovered in Uzbekistan.
