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Uzbekistan - an enabling environment
World's largest open pit gold mine at Muruntau
- Over 50Moz gold produced to date
- 1.8Moz gold produced in 2001
- Reserves until 2032
- Newmont in production since 1995
- 510,000 oz in 2002
- 100 tonnes produced
| Official Name: | Republic of Uzbekistan |
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| Location: | Central Asia, north of Afghanistan |
| Area: | 447,001 sq km (roughly the size of Sweden) |
| Population: | 25 million (July 2003 est.) |
| Capital: | Tashkent |
| Natural Resources: | Natural gas, petroleum, coal, gold, uranium, silver, copper, lead and zinc, tungsten, molybdenum |