Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) – International Mining Forum of Uzbekistan - UIMF 2019 will be held on 6 November 2019 in Tashkent as part of the 14th International Exhibition “Mining, Metallurgy and Metalworking - MiningMetals Uzbekistan 2019” at the Uzexpocenter NEC, with the official support of the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on geology and mineral resources. This year’s theme is "The mining industry of Uzbekistan: opportunities, prospects and investments."

The purpose of the forum is to attract the attention of specialists and experts to key issues of industrial development and the promotion of advanced achievements in the field of exploration, field development, mining, digitalization and other important areas of the industry.

Participants in UIMF 2019 will be representatives of key mining companies, international financial organizations, heads of industry ministries, professionals and industry experts. Speakers from Russia, Kazakhstan, Germany, Australia and South Africa have for many years collaborated with leading international mining companies and have many years of experience to share with the forum participants. Among them, Mike Beer - Director of SRK Consulting (Kazakhstan), Roland Earl - Director of Siemens Minerals, Viktor Kovalenko - Regional Director of Ernst & Young, Rinat Ismagilov - Director of the Department of Mining, LLC Metalloinvest Management Company and others.

The Forum program envisages discussion of intensification of geological exploration projects, as well as issues of unlocking the investment potential of the country's mining industry, attracting the technologies and experience of world companies for a full cycle of production processes from geological exploration, ore mining, beneficiation and processing to the manufacture of finished products. A separate session will be devoted to the latest equipment and technologies for the modernization of mining operations.

Undoubtedly, this event will contribute to the expansion of international cooperation in the field of geological exploration and will create favorable conditions for increasing the investment attractiveness of Uzbekistan in the mining industry using innovative technologies.