On 31 March, the delegation of German business circles visited Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex. Including the representatives of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Leipzig, the land association of Saxony-Anhalt, the Board of the Halle Chamber of Crafts, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Halle-Dessau, as well as the Günter Papenburg AG concern and a number of other well-known companies.

The guests visited the AMMC engineering school, the educational process of which is based on the experience of German companies. The curriculum was developed based on the advanced methods of the Freiberg Mining Academy of Germany, GP Günter Papenburg AG and Aurubis AG.

As is known, science is the driving force of human development. It is not limited by nationality, language or geographic regions. Any enterprise striving for global development primarily relies on the policy of training qualified personnel. During the visit to the engineering school, the delegation members discussed with the representatives of the AMMC prospects for cooperation in the field of personnel training, exchange of experience and implementation of German educational standards; further involvement of European professors and teachers for training courses at this institution, sending the plant's specialists and school students to Germany.

Then the delegation visited the Qalmaqqir observation deck, the technological transport department, where they got acquainted with the work in the field of digitalization of the mining and transport complex.

The next item on the agenda was familiarization with the specifics of the work of the copper concentrator plant-3, which is being built as part of the investment project "Development of the Yoshlik I deposit".

Angela Papenburg, the member of the board of directors of GP Günter Papenburg AG, shared her impressions. She noted that they were glad to have the opportunity to visit AMMC as part of the German delegation. They inspected the engineering school and were impressed by the quality of training and opportunities for employees. The delegation included representatives of the chambers of Saxony-Anhalt and Saxony, who help companies find young specialists. It is known that there are many young people in Uzbekistan who want to study in Germany. The members of the delegation visited the mine and were very impressed by the logistics and equipment operating around the clock. It was interesting to get acquainted with the digitalization and automation of production processes of MOF-3. They were also impressed by the capabilities of collecting and concentrator data from function and control sensors. 

"We look forward to EU cooperation in copper production and raw material concentrator. Thank you for the tour and introduction to new business areas", – emphasized Angela Papenburg.

It should be added that during the visit, which was equally interesting to both parties, the possibilities of organizing a forum of AMMC in Germany with the participation of European partners were also discussed. The forum will help strengthen the international presence of AMMC and attract European companies to joint projects.