On June 9, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev was briefed on measures to expand the adoption of digital solutions and artificial intelligence technologies in the mining and geology sector.
The mining and geology sector plays an important role in the country’s economy. In 2025, enterprises in the sector accounted for 20 percent of total industrial output.
Artificial intelligence technologies enable the rapid analysis of geological data, the prediction of mineral deposits, the accurate assessment of reserves, and the improvement of drilling efficiency. To this end, AI-based solutions are planned to be introduced at all stages of the geological exploration process.
The President emphasized the need to take the sector’s technological transformation to a new level and establish a system for managing and analyzing production processes based on artificial intelligence.
The mining and geology sector generates large volumes of data, including maps, geological survey results, drilling data, laboratory analyses, and production indicators. By consolidating this information into a unified electronic database and enabling rapid search and analysis through 3D modeling, the potential for discovering new mineral deposits can be significantly increased.
The meeting also outlined plans to attract $30 billion in investment to the geology and mining sector by 2030. Achieving this goal will require the creation of a high-quality and reliable digital database that meets investor requirements.
In this regard, a proposal was put forward to establish a National Geological Database. As part of this initiative, a Center for Technological Transformation will be established, and more than 36,000 existing reports and primary data will be digitized. As a result, the quality and speed of geological data generation will double, while deposit modeling and reserve estimation processes will be accelerated twofold.
Plans were presented to implement 32 projects between 2026 and 2030 aimed at introducing artificial intelligence and digital technologies at six major enterprises in the mining, metallurgical, and processing industries: Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Company, Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Comlex, and the joint-stock companies Navoiyuran, Uzmetkombinat, Uzbekcoal, and Uzbekistan Technological Metals Complex.
