Khushuut Coal Mine

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Khushuut Coal Mine (Хөшөөт төсөлд) is an operating coal mine in Darvi soum, Khovd, Mongolia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Khushuut Coal Mine	Darvi soum, Khovd, Mongolia	46.807231, 93.309621 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	2010	–

Table 3: Operation details

Note: The asterisk (*) signifies that the value is a GEM estimated figure.

Capacity (Mtpa)	Production (Mtpa)	Year of Production	Mine Type	Mining Method	Mine Size (km2)	Mine Depth (m)	Workforce Size
3	7.11	2024	Surface	Open Pit	6	60*	2462

Table 4: Coal resources and destination

Total Reserves (Mt)	Year of Total Reserves Recorded	Total Resources (Mt)	Coalfield	Coal Type	Coal Grade	Primary Consumer/ Destination
87.9	–	141	–	Bituminous	Thermal & Met	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Mongolia Energy Corporation (MoEnCo) [100.0%]	Mongolia Energy Corporation [MoEnCo ]	Mongolia

Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)

Note: The asterisk (*) indicates that the value is an estimated figure based on various factors, including the company's forecasted or reported monthly or quarterly production data, etc.

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
ROM	1.33*	1.77*	1.97*	1.27*	1.8*	3.5	2.5	7.11	–

Note: The above sections were automatically generated and are based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker August 2026 release.

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Background

The Khushuut mine is operated by Leighton Asia and owned by Mongolia Energy Corporation, a Hong Kong listed public company in Mongolia. The Khushuut coal mine is situated in the Khovd Province of western Mongolia, approximately 1,350 km west of Ulaanbaatar. Owned by Mongolia Energy Corporation (MEC), the mine is spread over 600ha (6 square kilometers).

The Khushuut coal deposit contained 460 million tonnes of coking coal reserves, ranking it among the largest deposits in Asia and globally.

MEC commenced trial production with the first ore shipped in October 2010. The company is planning to produce about 3Mt of coal in the first year by the end of 2011. It intends to expand the capacity to more than 5Mt in the future.

• Operator: Leighton Asia
• Owner: Mongolia Energy Corporation
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• GPS Coordinates: 46.807231, 93.309621 (approximate)
• Status: Operating
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