DUSHANBE, May 19, 2011, Asia-Plus  -- Comsup Commodities Inc. of the United States, which owns the Anzob mining and beneficiation plant, plans to construct a metallurgical enterprise for production of antimonial output in Tajikistan, according to the Ministry of Energy and Industries (MoEI).

Tojinisso Azizova, a spokeswoman for a MEI, says the Government of Tajikistan and Comsup Commodities Inc. signed an agreement on establishment of the Anzob metallurgical works at the Anzob mining and beneficiation plant in April 2005.  “An authorized capital of the metallurgical works is 10 million U.S. dollars,” she noted.

According to her, work on construction of the metallurgical enterprise has begun and necessary technologies for processing raw materials into manufactured output are being delivered to Tajikistan.

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.