An employee works inside TALCO in the town of Tursunzade
An employee works inside the Tajikistan Aluminium Co's aluminium smelter complex, known as TALCO, in the town of Tursunzade, some 50 km (31 miles) west from the Tajik capital of Dushanbe November 19, 2012. 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. REUTERS/Nozim Kalandarov (TAJIKISTAN - Tags: BUSINESS)