KHUJAND, March 25, 2010, Asia-Plus — The limited liability company, The Tajik-Chinese Mining Company, has decided to construct power transmission line for its needs on its own, according to the Sughd electricity supply enterprise.
The company is currently developing the project for construction of a 35-kilometer power transmission line to the Mastchoh district in order to resume power supply to its enterprises deployed in the settlement of Zarnisor (formerly Altyntopkan), the source said.
As it had been reported earlier, lack of electricity forced the company to stop operations at Paybulak and Altyntopkan mines. Some 300 people, with more than 50 percent of them being Tajik nationals, now work for the Tajik-Chinese Mining Company.
Uzbekistan cut off electricity supplies to the settlement of Zarnisor for unknown reasons on February 4. On February 10, Sughd power engineering specialists resumed power supply to the settlement. They extended a 2-kilometer overhead circuit to the settlement from domestic power supply sources. However, power supplies were resumed only to residential customers, who now receive Tajik electricity, while the Tajik-Chinese Mining Company deployed in the settlement has not yet received electricity.
According to Sodiq Rustamov, head of the energy and industries department within the Sughd regional administration, the concentrating mill of the Tajik-Chinese Mining Company with rated capacity of processing up to one million tons of ore per year has already been prepared for introduction into operation. The plant will produce lead and zinc concentrates.
