DUSHANBE, April 13, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Comsup Commodities Inc. of the United States, which owns the Anzob mining and beneficiation plant, plans to construct a metallurgical enterprise in Tajikistan, according to the State Committee on Investments and State-owned Property Management (GosKomInvest).

The source says this issue was discussed here at a meeting of the GosKomInvest head Davlatali Saidov with Michael Bollag, top manager of Comsup Commodities Inc.

Mr. Bollag noted that the company was currently developing the project for construction of the metallurgical plant that would be submitted for consideration to the Tajik side soon.

In the course of the talks, Saidov and Bollag also discussed issues related to activities of the Anzob mining and beneficiation plant, the source added.

Limited liability company, Anzob, was established on the basis of the Anzob mining and beneficiation complex, which has mined the Jizhikrut antimony-mercury deposit.  In 2005, Tajik-U.S joint venture, Anzob, was established.  Tajikistan owned 51 percent of the shares and the U.S. side assumed the 49% ownership interest in the venture.  In September 2006, Comsup Commodities Inc. purchased Tajikistan’s equity stake in the enterprise for 11 million somoni.