Mongolia Opens Rail Line to Double Coal Shipping to China Border www.bloomberg.com
Mongolia on Friday morning launched operation of a railway line between the Tavan Tolgoi coal mine in the Gobi Desert and the border to China.
* Mongolian President Khurelsukh Ukhnaa said in a speech that
the new 240-km (149-mile) train line could haul as much as 50m
tons of cargo annually to the Gashuun Sukhait border point
* Mongolia still needs additional railway connections at the
border zone, past the checkpoint into China: Khurelsukh
* Revenue from coal exports expected to double with the added
capacity: Khurelsukh
* Transportation costs expected to fall four times, on average:
Khurelsukh
** Train transportation reduces land degradation caused by the
hundreds of trucks hauling coal across the border daily:
Khurelsukh
* Construction is underway for another railway line from the
mine to the Zuunbayan border point
To contact the reporter on this story:
Terrence Edwards in Ulaanbaatar at tedwards100@bloomberg.net
Published Date:2022-09-09