A general view of the Tajikistan Aluminium Co’s aluminium smelter complex, known as Talco, in the town of Tursunzade, some 50km west from the Tajik capital of Dushanbe yesterday. Tajikistan, the poorest of the 15 former Soviet Union republics, relies heavily on the smelter’s earnings. Official data show aluminium accounted for around 57 percent of all Tajik hard currency export revenue in January-October of 2012.
