UAE firm purchased the shares from other shareholder Zeromax GmbH (Switzerland) at the secondary market for hard currency.
After the deal, Adel al Hussan General Trading Co. will hold 63.96% share in the company, while stake of Zeromax will drop to 14.75%.
Adel al Hussan General Trading Co acquired 14.71% stake in Uzkabel in 2007 for US$2 million at the secondary market.
Uzkabel’s capacity is 50,000 tonnes of copper rod wire, trolley wire - 9,800 tonnes, telephone cable - 15,000 km, and logging cable for oil industry - 8,300 km.
Almalyk Mining and Metallurgy Combine is main supplier of copper to Uzkabel. The company increased export by 24.8% in 2008 to US$38.95 million.