Ulaanbaatar/MONTSAME/ On July 30, B.Gankhuyag, CEO of ‘Erdenes-Tavan Tolgoi’ JSC, introduced a 2018 half-year report of the company.

In the beginning of his report, B.Gankhuyag, CEO of Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi JSC remarked, “Since our company established in 2010, we encountered a number of socio-economic and financial complications and coal price downs, which led us to be incapable to pay wages. Sometime, we even stopped mining operations, due to politicians’ decision. Today, we have overcome such difficulties. In other words, we will have financial opportunities and great future. The statistics indicates how the company is fulfilling its duty sufficiently before three million people of Mongolia, the shareholders of the company”.

ETT’s half-year report shows positive indications. According to first half of the year, the company exported 6.9 million tons of coal, earning MNT 953 billion that stands at 78 percent of the total planned revenue in 2018. The company paid MNT216.5 billion to the state budget as duty and fee. By doing so, the company has earned the net profit worth MNT373.3 billion.

As the ETT’s financial condition has improved, it has now been solvent to fund some of its projects with its own money. In addition, the company has created a fundamental economic condition to put 1072 shares of every shareholder into economic circulation, highlighted the company authorities.

The profit of the company is based on the coal price. The company held talks with Chalco Trading Hong Kong Co Limited. As a result, the both sides reached an agreement to raise the coal price to USD61 per ton and set it as the fundamental price. It ensures the company to keep distributing the coal at USD61 per ton, even if the coal price in the world market goes down. In case coal price goes above USD61, the company will raise the price in accordance with the world market price. Moreover, the supply price for coal being excavated at Western Tsankhi and other blocks is set by an open tender. This year, it has been set at USD70 per ton, which means price of coal being supplied except Chalco Trading Hong Kong Co Limited is USD70 and it led to net profit increase of the company.

Alongside the economic indicators, there has been improvement in social issues of employees. For instance, a basic salary of workers was raised by 21 percent, night work pay was increased by five-fold as well as labor safety incentive has been reached 15 percent.

As a preparation to make IPO at world capital market, the company started taking actions to collaborate with stock exchanges and financial and legal consultants and have its auditing done by international accredited organization.

Concluding the report, B.Gankhuyag said, “Our company has a total of 2,511,000 shareholders—Mongolian citizens. However, just 300 thousand people have their registration account opened and about 600 thousand have not authenticated their rights to own the shares. Therefore, we are working to intensify this issue.“

M.Unurzul

Published Date:2018-07-31