Bituminous coal export increases www.montsame.mn
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ As of the first half of 2018, export of bituminous coal, copper concentrate, fluorite, iron ore and crude oil made up 83.3 percent of mineral products export.
Bituminous coal export increased by 0.9 million tons, or by USD 126.9 thousand compared with the previous year.
Mongolia exported 98.9 percent of bituminous coal to China in the first 6 months of 2018.
Export of copper concentrate raised by 0.8 thousand tons, or by USD 249.3 million. Copper concentrate was entirely exported to China.
Although molybdenium concentrate export decreased by 162.3 tons as of the first half of 2018, total value of the export increased by USD 6.1 million. 86.5 percent of molybdenum concentrate was exported to China, 8.2 percent to the Republic of Korea. Export of fluorite increased by USD 53.4 thousand tons or USD 29.9 million. Fluorite price was an average of USD 240.8 per ton in the first six months of 2017 and it increased to USD 328.1 at the same time of 2018. 48.3 percent of fluorite was exported to Russia and 51.5 percent to China.
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Published Date:2018-07-24