It’s expected that HC Trading, a member of Heidelberg Cement Group, will deliver coal in two shiploads ­– the first in December 2021, the second in January next year.

IFC loan, denominated in Uzbek soums, will provide the bank with access to long-term financing in local currency, limited in the market due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Under the government resolution, approved in May this year, citizens aged 18 and over and who take more than 10,000 steps a day can receive money rewards as part of the wider state programme to encourage people for sports and healthy lifestyle.