UZBEKCOAL OJSC || Сoal Industry of Uzbekistan

Coal and kaolin mining on the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan

Enrichment and export of the kaolin for production of paper, ceramics, porcelain and others

Development of coal deposits by opened and underground way

Production of energy gas by underground gasification of coal

Annually "Uzbekcoal" OJSC gains more than 3 mln.tons of coal. The main consumer of coal fuel is electric power sector, share of which is over 85 percents of the total consumption of coal. The demand for solid fuel enterprises of industry, social and public spheres, and population also form.

The main factor of the priority development of coal industry emerges an expediency substitution on home markets such energy resources, as natural gas and oil products, used at production of the electric power, increase of share of coal in energy balance structure of Uzbekistan.

The Coal mining in Uzbekistan realize:

OJSC “Uzbekcoal” falls into “Uzbekenergo” Government Joint Stock Company structure.
site of "Uzbekenergo"

OJSC “Uzbekugol” has following branches with unfinished accounting balance:

“Open-pit mine Angrenskiy” branch;

“Management of coal extracting by underground way” branch;

“Mine-technological equipment repair plant” branch (MTER);

“Kumir kurilish” branch;

“Kumirenergo” branch;

“Technological Connection centre” (“Alokakumir”) branch;

“Motorcar technological transport management” branch (MTTM);

“Mine-technology railway transport management” branch (MTRTM);

“Financial-technological provision management” branch (FTPM);

“Geology prospecting expedition” branch (GPE);

“The main management of capital construction and realization of investment programs” branch.

The history of coal branch of Uzbekistan

Formation of coal branch was commemorated by the beginning of Angren deposit’s industrial mastering – the largest in Central Asia, opened before the Second World War began.

The exploitation of deposit began in 1940-1943 by the underground way with pawning of six mines. Coal open-pit mine building was commenced in 1941. As the earth mover technics imperfect and inefficient steam excavator on railway move with 1-1.25m3 capacity buckets of “Marion” (USA) label, transport facilities of home production with 1,5-2 tons cargo-carrying capacity of hand discharging were used.

In 1948 the open-pit mine “Angrenskiy” was put into operation, and this date is the beginning of coal industry development of Uzbekistan, so as the open-pit mine is the main and one of the largest coal extraction enterprises not only in the republic but all Central Asia. In this year the mine 9 was put into operation. Beginning from the moment of putting into operation the open-pit mine gave more than 130 mln. tons of coal, and more than 30 mln. tons of coal were extracted in the mine 9. .

The reforms of coal branch began in 1994 with assumption of the resolution 271 of the Cabinet Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan “About the measures on improvement of the coal industry management of the Republic of Uzbekistan”, in which the order and mechanism of phased privatization of coal enterprises is approved.

Change of name

Till 1957
- “Sredazugol” industrial complex (Tashkent)

1957-63
- “Uzbekugol” industrial complex (Angren)

1963-65
- “Sredazugol” industrial complex (Tashkent)

1965-70
- “Uzbekugol” industrial complex (Angren)

1970-76
- “Sredazugol” industrial complex (Tashkent)

1977-94
- “Sredazugol” production joint company (Tashkent)

1994-2004
- “Ugol” joint-stock company

2004- till now
- “Uzbekumir” (“Uzbekugol”) Opened Joint-Stock Company

Chronological reference

1932 - First information about coal spares evidence on the Angren coalfield was received.

1940 - Works of geology prospecting of coal began. The bore hole which opened coal deposit was passed through. The Government decree about building of coal enterprises in Angren was taken.

1941-43 - Laying of six mines 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 2-bis.

1941 - The resolution “About building of the coal cut on the Angren basin” was taken. Shargun deposit of coal was opened. 15 thousands tons of coal per annum was gained.

1942 - The first acting enterprise on coal mining in Uzbekistan mine 1 was delivered in usage. Dispatching of the first special train of coal. 29,5 thousand tons of coal in a year was issued.

1943 - Mines 2 and 3 were put into operation. Coal gain per annum is 55 thousand tons.

1944 - It is Issued 100 thousand tons of coal.

1947 - Building of mine 9 and Angren coal open-pit mine is finished.

1948 - Turning point of the formation of coal industry of Uzbekistan - commissioning the coal open-pit mine with power 1,5 mln. tons of coal per annum and mine 9 (with mine 2-bis in common) with power 480 thousand tons of coal per annum.

1954-57 - First reconstruction of coal open-pit mine is organized.

1958 - Commissioning of mine “Shargunskaya” with power 400 thousand tons of coal per annum.

1964 - The Volume of coal mining on mine 9 has formed more than 1 mln.ton.

1978-90 - Second reconstruction of coal open-pit mine is organized.

1990 - On open-pit mine "Angrenskiy" gained 5,77 mln.tonn of coal.