DUSHANBE, September 4, 2014, Asia-Plus — Over the first eight months of this year, Tajikistan has produced more than 450,000 tons of coal, which is 180,000 tons more than in the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Industry and New technologies (MoINT).
An official source at a MoINT says the daily coal production has increased 3,500 tons to 4,500 tons in recent months.
“To-date, some 80,000 tons of coal have been stored in warehouses, storehouses of industrial enterprises and coal-selling outlets,” the source said.
Current price for one ton for Tajik opencast coal fluctuates from 80 to 200 somoni while current price for one ton of Tajik underground coal is 450 somoni.
More than 160 coal-fired enterprises now operate in Tajikistan.
Eighteen coal-producing enterprises now operate at fourteen coal deposits in Tajikistan. In 2013, they produced 518,000 tons of coal, which was 25 percent more than in 2012. Coal sales increased from 424,000 tons in 2012 to 482,000 tons in 2013.
Fon-Yaghnob Mine is Tajikistan’s largest coal-producing enterprise. In January-May this year, it has produced 121,600 tons of coal.
