| Project Coordinator Anuj Baklival said in particular that his company is interested in development of iron, phosphorite and chrome mines, processing of iron ore. |
| Under such conditions biogenic carbonate may be replaced by phosphorite. |
| Some small deposits of lead, zinc, copper, gold, quartz sand and phosphorite have been mined in the past, while iron, bauxite and nickel reserves have been discovered. |
| Uzbekistan has leading world positions in gold, uranium, copper, natural gas, tungsten, potassium salts, phosphorite, and kaolin deposits. |
| Fossiliferous, thin marine shales, associated with biochemical precipitates such as glauconite and phosphorite, are common in transgressive systems tracts. |
| The restraining factor is the rising cost of raw materials and scarcity of phosphorite. |
