Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) – Uzbekistan will construct a new plant for production of hydrogen peroxide.

The project will be implemented by the Ministry of Energy of Uzbekistan and Uzbekistan Hydrogen Peroxide.

Uzbekistan Hydrogen Peroxide is a manufacturing company specially created for the implementation of projects for deep gas processing.

A modern plant will produce 50 thousand tons of high-quality products in demand both in the domestic and foreign markets a year.

The implementation of the project will ensure the complete import substitution of hydrogen peroxide in the Republic of Uzbekistan and the export of some products to the CIS countries and far abroad, as well as create additional jobs.

The product is in demand in medicine, in the textile, pulp and paper and mining industries, in enterprises for wastewater aeration, food processing, waste processing and will meet all the requirements of technical and environmental safety.

The total investment in the project will amount to US$40 million. It will be implemented in two stages:

- The first stage - the construction of a plant for the production of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2);

- the second stage - the construction of a plant for the production of sodium percarbonate (Na2CO3 • 1.5H2O2).

The project will be implemented in the SEZ Navoi and its commissioning is expected in the spring of 2021.