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Uzbekistan's Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Combine (AMMC, Almalyk city, Tashkent region), a monopoly producer of copper in Uzbekistan, in 2013 increased production of refined copper by almost three percent to 98,000 tons, the management reported.

In 2012 the combine produced 95,600 tons of refined copper.

Almalyk MMC is the only copper producer in Uzbekistan and one of the largest manufacturers of non-ferrous metals in Central Asia. The AMMC accounts for nearly 90% of silver production and 20% of gold production in the country. The plant is composed of two mining companies, two processing plants and two metallurgical plants.

The plant is entitled to develop copper-molybdenum and lead-zinc ore fields in Almalyk town (Tashkent region). The copper-porphyry ore Kalmakyr and Sari-Cheku fields (Tashkent region) and lead-zinc-barite ore Uch-Kulach field (Djizzak) are the raw material base.

The total volume of products produced by the combine estimated at more than $ 300 million a year. The combine produces refined copper (cathode), zinc metal, lead concentrate and other products. It exports about 60 percent of output, of which 5 percent goes to CIS countries.