Increased demand for zinc is due to the growing needs of his automotive and engineering industries as well as in the production of household appliances.JSC "AMMC" as a link of the production chain enterprises, there Zinc smelter.

 The plant was commissioned in September 1970. production capacity is up to 120 tons metallic zinc in the year. It was designed to process 20-25 tonsown production of lead-zinc deposits, fulfills combine, and up to 100 tonnes - From imported concentrates.

Raw material base served ore deposit "Kurgashinkan" and "Altyntapkan" which is treated in the lead - concentrator.

In   1970. September 30 received the first pig zinc, three weeks later, on October 22, was first obtained by cadmium. During these years, construction began the third stage of the plant - a complex veltstseha to receive and processing fumes of zinc, lead and cadmium. With the completion of construction and commissioning 29 June 1972. first large veltspechi was discontinued warehousing zinc cakes, and work has begun to engage them in production.

Implementation of the nation's first new stage-three purification schemes zinc solutions of impurities provides high-quality zinc electrolyte. As a result, improved the quality of cathode zinc increased extraction of zinc and cadmium.

Thanks to the staff of the plant were utilized in 1973. Issue copperas and getting rare metal - India, an important raw material for the needs of the national economy.

In 1975. were completed the construction and commissioning of the works in full design technology. Reconstruction and expansion was completed in 1982.

First tolled materials plant began to process in 1992. In 1997. - He worked mainly on imported raw materials, tolled.

After working the field "Kurgashinkan" and stop delivery of ore deposits "Altyntapkan" in 1998 lead-zinc concentrator was transferred for processing copper-molybdenum ore, currently under tolling plant for processes zinc concentrates imported from the CIS and other foreign countries .

In accordance with the resolutions of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan № PP-442 of 10.08.2006 "On the efficient use of mineral resources base of polymetallic ore deposits Khandiza and Uch-Kulach" and the number of PP-1166 from 16.07.2009, in September 2010 was commissioned GOK "Handiza". The first batch of zinc concentrate at the plant came in November 2010, and in December of the same year was received first own zinc.

At present, the plant recycles both own and imported zinc concentrates.  Besides the plant produces zinc metal cadmium, sulfuric acid, zinc powder, zamak and zinc sulphate technical for their own needs, as well as  clinker copper and copper cake for the smelter.

As part of the plant has the following departments: 

1 . Roasting shop equipped fluidized bed furnaces, which are candle products of zinc concentrate and sulfur dioxide to sulfuric acid. 

2. Shop leaching equipped reactors and thickeners, processes calcined zinc calcine and veltsokisly to give zinc-containing solutions for zinc metal. Shop leaching consists of sections: classification zinc calcine; neutral cinder leaching and thickening pulp; veltsokislov processing; copper-cadmium neutral solution purification from impurities and low-pass filtering by web drains thickeners and disc vacuum filters.

3. Electrolyte shop equipped   baths for  zinc electrolysis neutral solution,   ovens ICC-40 and ICC-12. Production plant is zinc metal. Electrolyte compartments plant comprises: a centralized vacuum evaporative cooling, zinc electrolysis, cathode zinc smelting; zinc dross processing a portion for the preparation of zinc dust and powder as well as an anode-cathode workshop.

4. Waelz shop equipped   rotary kilns size 50x3, 6m, recycles zinc-containing filter cakes. Shop products are copper and veltsokis clinker. Veltstseh consists of filtering and drying department, raw material warehouse, heating compartment dedusting system, firing department, installation manganese ore grinding.

5. Cadmium workshop , recycles copper-cadmium leaching cake shop and gets cadmium metal and copper cake. Cadmium workshop consists of offices leaching, cementation and dissolution of cadmium sponge, electrolysis of cadmium, cadmium and melting cathode area to obtain technical zinc sulfate.

6. Sulfuric acid plant , recycles waste gases roasting plant to produce sulfuric acid. The plant consists of washing, drying and absorption, contact offices and warehouse of finished products.

The smelter will also include support units:

Energy plant, which provides zinc production of electricity, compressed air, steam and water;

Mechanical repair shop;

Chemical Laboratory;

Transport and economic service