In a major step towards greener industry and environmental innovation in Uzbekistan, EPSE has successfully completed an industrial water treatment pilot at the Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC) — marking AMMC as a national first in deploying advanced Finnish wastewater treatment technology.
The project aligns with the goals of the “Uzbekistan – 2030” strategy and the “Year of Environmental Protection and the Green Economy” for the year 2025, as designated by the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev in response to growing environmental challenges. It also highlights the power of international collaboration as the project was preceded by a tripartite agreement between Agency for Innovative Development under the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation of Uzbekistan, AMMC, and EPSE.
EPSE’s water treatment technology was piloted for 3 different industrial wastewaters of AMMC from 7th of April to 2nd of May 2025. The pilot equipment was a portable Mobile EPSE™ water treatment plant and the early results are promising. According to Abduqahhor Saynazarov, Deputy Chief Engineer for Technology, Head of Technical Department of AMMC, lime use was cut by up to 60 %, while treated water quality met strict environmental standards. Even more impressively, the process enables recovery of valuable non-ferrous metals from the resulting sludge — turning a waste product into a potential resource.
As testing concludes, teams from EPSE and AMMC are analyzing efficiency and cost-effectiveness for large-scale deployment of the EPSE™ Method at AMMC’s mining, zinc and copper operations. In the future, it is planned to scale the solution across various industrial enterprises of Uzbekistan to significantly reduce the harmful impact of industrial wastewater.
This article was written by
Anna Kivimäki
Project Engineer
anna.kivimaki(a)epse.fi
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