Kyrgyzstan to build $1.1 billion coal-based fertilizer plant in Naryn region

The Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan is working on a project to build a mineral fertilizer plant in Naryn region that will produce fertilizer from coal, with an estimated cost of $1.1 billion. Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet and Minister of Water Resources, Agriculture and Processing Industry Erlist Akunbekov announced this on October 14 at a session of the Jogorku Kenesh.

Deputy Meder Chotonov said that farmers in every region ask for a fertilizer plant. Akunbekov said that crop yields depend on fertilizer by 60–70%, and that the plant will be modern and environmentally clean.

Akunbekov said that this is a chemical production and that chemical processes cannot be completed quickly. The government plans to finish construction within one and a half to two years. A feasibility study is ready, and the government is now moving toward an investment agreement.