Uzbekistan and US companies signed 13 agreements worth $ 2.5 billion at the annual business forum in Tashkent on October 23. This was reported by the head of the US-Uzbekistan Chamber of Commerce Carolyn Lamm.

The delegation of Turkmenistan visited Brussels where they held a number of meetings, including with the Vice-President of the European Commission for the Energy Union Maros Shefchovich and representatives of the Directorate-General for Energy of the European Commission. Deputy Prime Minister M. Meredov informed about the results of the trip of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.

The inflow of foreign direct investment in Kazakhstan grew by 15.4%. This was reported on October 23 at a meeting of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan by the Minister for Investment and Development Zhenis Kasymbek.

In 2018, Kyrgyzstan exported 400 million kilowatt-hours of electricity to Uzbekistan.

The leaders of Russia and Uzbekistan held fruitful negotiations, during which they set guidelines for the work of ministries, departments and organizations.

On October 16, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev approved an agreement with Russia on the construction of the first nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan at the Tudakul reservoir.

The European Investment Bank allocated the first two loans of 100 million euros to Uzbekistan to improve water supply and energy efficiency of enterprises.

 17 Ekim 2018

Eurocement Group Holding has started construction of a cement plant at the Joint-Stock Company “Akhangarancement” site in Tashkent, the investment in the project will be more than $ 160 million.

The president of Eurocement Group holding, Mikhail Skorokhod said that the new enterprise will become a key part in the cluster of building materials that we are creating on the basis of Akhangarancement and the most ambitious initiative under this project. In addition, he said that the capacity of the new enterprise will be 3 million tons of cement per year. The first batch of products will be released in mid-2020.

The new enterprise will produce products in an energy efficient, dry way. The range includes high-quality cement, which will go to the construction of the republic: power plants, road and airfield pavements, residential and office buildings. Product quality takes into account the high requirements of seismic stability of buildings in the region.

Eurocement Group owns 75% of shares of JSC "Akhangarancement", which is the second in power and volume cement plant in Uzbekistan. The production volume is 1.9 million tons of cement per year.

 

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On October 17, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov attended the opening ceremony of the Kiyanly Gas Chemical Complex for production of polyethylene and polypropylene.

The statistics was given today by the President of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon at the International Business Forum opened in Dushanbe.