Uzbekistan’s TMK proposes metal recovery project with U.S. firm

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BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 20. Uzbekistan Technological Metals Complex (TMK) has proposed a joint project with U.S. company Metallica Commodities to recover valuable minerals and metals from industrial waste during a meeting on October 19 in Samarkand.

This was reflected in the statement by the TMK, following a meeting between TMK representatives and Adrian Bazilio, Metallica Commodities’ managing director for trade and operations in Africa.

The talks focused on the potential use of the U.S. company’s industrial waste processing technology to recover valuable materials from TMK’s production waste.

TMK proposed implementing joint projects based on the technology at its Kelajak Metallari technology park. The initiative also prompted discussions on assessing opportunities to process industrial waste across Uzbekistan and other Central Asian countries.

The sides expressed interest in further examining the project’s technological and practical feasibility and agreed to work together on evaluating its implementation.

The discussions remain at the assessment stage, with further technical evaluation expected to determine the project's feasibility.

Metallica Commodities Corp. is a U.S.-based metals and minerals trading company specializing in ferrous and nonferrous metals, mineral resources and industrial byproducts. Its activities also include mineral asset development and metal recovery from secondary materials, including electronic waste. The company’s experience in metals trading and recycling is relevant to the proposed project with TMK to assess the recovery of valuable materials from industrial waste.