On February 26 of this year, the Ministry of Mining and Geology of the Republic of Uzbekistan, together with the international consulting firm McKinsey & Company, held a joint training seminar at the engineering school of the Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC), focused on the implementation of digital solutions and artificial intelligence technologies in industry enterprises.

First Deputy Minister of Mining and Geology Feruza Khamidova delivered a welcoming speech. In her address, she emphasized the strategic importance of the industry’s digital transformation, noting that the effective use of artificial intelligence technologies already allows for practical solutions to a wide range of production challenges, and that modern information systems are becoming an important driver of development in the mining and metallurgical complex.

Representatives of large industry enterprises took part in the seminar: representatives of Almalyk MMC JSC, Navoi MMC JSC, Uzmetkombinat JSC, UzTMK JSC, and Navoiyuran State Enterprise.

Digitalization specialists presented reports on their practical experience implementing digital solutions at their enterprises – from automation of production processes to building analytics and monitoring systems.

McKinsey & Company experts delivered presentations on “Examples of Digital and AI Solutions for the Mining and Metallurgical Complex” and “Key Factors for the Successful Implementation of Artificial Intelligence”, focusing in detail on the organizational and technological aspects of transformation.

Following the seminar, participants visited the AMMC Production Coordination Department, where they learned about the operation of the automated control system for the mining and transport complex, implemented at the Kalmakyr and Yoshlik I mines.

The advantages of this system include optimization of rock mass flows, operational accounting and control of mining operations, monitoring of operating conditions, increased labor productivity and reduced production costs. In addition, the system helps to increase production volumes. The first stage of the project has been successfully implemented, and work on implementation of the second stage has now begun.

The guests also visited the viewpoints of the Kalmakyr and Yoshlik I mines, where they were introduced to the ore mining processes on site.

Overall, it can be noted that artificial intelligence is gradually transforming the mining and metallurgy industry – from a traditional heavy industry into a high-tech sector of the economy. Mastering of digital solutions today is the foundation for technological independence and industrial safety tomorrow. The synergy between industry and intelligent technologies is opening a new chapter in the development of the sector.