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Foundations of new mining industry in the country are laid in potassium complex being built in Garlyk
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Foundations of new mining industry in the country are laid in potassium complex being built in Garlyk
Published 23.01.2017
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New production powers of domestic chemical industry, foundations of new mining industry are established in Garlyk settlement, Kytendag etrap, Lebap Velayat. The development of Garlyk potassium field and construction of the plant for production and enrichment of the potassium is new milestone in industrial development of Turkmenistan. Garlyk settlement was established in 2011 for the personnel of the largest in the Central Asia complex for production of potassium fertilizers and cement plant located nearby. All modern communications including railroad are laid to the settlement. Foundation stone of the potassium fertilizers complex, which commissioning is planned on March 31, was laid in June 2009 with participation of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and President of Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko. Production capacity of the complex, which is built by the order of the State Concern “Turkmenhimiya” by “Belgorhimprom” JSC together with Turkmen construction companies, is 1 400 000 tons of fertilizers per year. Total cost of the contract is 1 126 000 000 US dollars. The project is financed from the accounts of the State Concern “Turkmnhimiya” (20 percent) and from bank loans (80 percent). The cost of the equipment supplied for the facility is 379 000 000 million US dollars. More than 1700 work occupancies will be established after opening of the complex. 262.5 hectares of land are allocated for the future giant of chemical industry. The complex consisting of more than 100 facilities and buildings includes main power reducing station (220kV), two mine wells, ore and productions storage, processing lines for ore-dressing, chemical agents and water workshops, loading terminal, salt accumulator, slurry tanks, fire and rescue department. Mining sector is one of the main in the facility. There are two mines, one for delivery of produced ore and supply of fresh air and another of transportation of personnel and cargos. The diameter of the mineshafts is 6.5 meters; the depth of the first one is 364 meters and the second – 302 meters. The shafts connected by the holing, which provides one of the main conditions of safe operation of the mine. There are closed-circuit ventilation system and two exit two to the surface, the main and emergency. To produce fertilizers in full volume of nominated output capacity, it is planned to extract and process more than 7 million tons of ore per annum, which is located on the depth from 200 to 1000 meters. Currently, interim extraction of rocks is carried out using boring machines KRP – 3 at the fourth potassium layer on the depth of 295 meters. The machines cut the rocks, empty the face and load the product to transport located behind the machines. Extracted ore is delivered by self-propelled trolleys to the conveyor and further to 30-ton elevator in the first shaft. At the surface, it is delivered to crusher and from the crusher to the storage. After extraction and crushing, the ore goes to thrashing workshop where it is milled to fine powder and sent to ore-dressing workshop. There, sodium chloride and other contaminants are removed from potassium salts by floatation machines and after this process, pure potassium chloride is dried and crystalized. The whole process is automatically controlled and operated in accordance with international standards. All process equipment, delivered to infrastructural sites of giant construction, is super modern production from famous world’s manufacturers of profile equipment from Germany, Russia, Belarus and other countries. Large group of Turkmen specialists went to high educational institutions of the Republic of Belarus to study for further manning of Garlyk Complex. Number of certified specialists underwent one-year practical work at the enterprises of “Balruskaliiy” JSC where they were involved in mining works. The trainers from Belarus were also invited to for work on specialized mining school in Magdanly. People, who passed initial course of professional training, were also sent for practical work to the enterprises of “Balruskaliiy” JSC. Besides, the training of the specialists of mining industry started in universities and specialized colleges of Turkmenistan. The specialists of the general contractor, the Belgorhimprom JSC, other enterprises of the Republic of Belarus as well as our compatriots from different organizations and enterprises who works as subcontractors work at the construction site. There are more than 3000 people, where 2000 are Turkmen employees, works there. The orientation of national economy complex of Turkmenistan at development and processing of colossal raw materials resources of the country is one of the programme targets of Presidential reform strategy. Future industrial giant is of great importance for social and economic development of Lebap Velayat and whole country; it will allow establishing production of high quality potassium fertilizers, which will satisfy comprehensively the requirements of agriculture of Turkmenistan and will allow exporting the product to the world market.

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