The decision came on November 20.
The issue was addressed following reports that the U.S. Newmont Mining Corporation had appealed to an international arbitration tribunal against a Nawaiy regional court order in late-September that declared the company's Uzbek joint venture bankrupt.
The Zarafshan-Newmont joint venture had been operating one of the world's largest open-pit gold mines, in Uzbekistan's Qizilqum desert, 400 kilometers west of Tashkent.
Uzbek authorities cited tax arrears allegedly owed by the company to justify the move.
(Interfax, uzmetronom.net)