The University of Geological Sciences hosted international seminars on “Metals for energy and digital transformations: from resources to metals”, with representatives of BRGM, France’s geological survey, and France’s University of Lorraine, the university reported on 23 May 2026.
Vice-rector for research and innovation O. Qodirov, D. Xudayberganov, head of the international cooperation and rankings department, teaching staff, young scientists and students took part.
Dr A. G. Guezennec and Dr R. Michels lectured on critical raw materials and ore-processing technologies, the nature of fossil organic matter and its role in forming metal deposits, the environmental impact of geological processes (water, energy and waste) and germanium in coal. The guests also took part in a conference on women in the geosciences.
Why it matters
The seminars are about minerals rather than geothermal energy, but they deepen the same partnership with France’s geological survey that later extended to geothermal work in the Fergana Valley.
