Mandakhnuur Coal Mine
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Mandakhnuur Coal Mine (Мандахнуурын нүүрсний уурхай) is an operating coal mine in Mandakh, Dornogovi, Mongolia.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Mine Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Mandakhnuur Coal Mine | Mandakh, Dornogovi, Mongolia[1] | 44.40364731, 108.2398367 (approximate) |
The map below shows the approximate location of the coal mine:
Project Details
Table 2: Project status
| Status | Status Detail | Opening Year | Closing Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating[2] | – | 2012[2] | – |
Table 3: Operation details
| Capacity (Mtpa) | Production (Mtpa) | Year of Production | Mine Type | Mining Method | Mine Size (km2) | Mine Depth (m) | Workforce Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.9[3] | – | 2023 | Surface[2] | Open Pit[2] | – | 60.0* | 1470.0[2] |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37.0[4] | 2024[4] | – | – | Anthracite[2] | Thermal & Met[2] | – |
Table 5: Ownership and parent company
| Owner | Parent Company | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|
| Ikh Gobi Energy LLC[2] | Ikh Gobi Energy LLC [100.0%] | Mongolia |
Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)
| ROM or Saleable | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROM | 1[5] | 1[5] | 1[5] | 0[2] | 0[2] | 0[2] | – | – | – |
Note: The above sections were automatically generated and are based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker May 2026 release.
Ownership Tree
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Background
The Mandakhnuur coal mine (Мандахнуурын нүүрсний уурхай) is a surface coal mine located in Mandakh soum, Dornogovi Province, eastern Mongolia, approximately 165 kilometres from the Mongolian-Chinese border.
The mine is owned and operated by Ikh Gobi Energy LLC (IGE), a privately held Mongolian company founded in 2011 and headquartered in Ulaanbaatar. The concession covers 71,950 hectares (approximately 0.72 square kilometers).[6] The coal deposit has total recoverable reserves of 37.2 million tonnes of coal.[7] The mine extracts anthracite and semi-anthracite coal, which is exported primarily to China via the Khangi border crossing.[6]
IGE commenced mining and overburden removal at Mandakhnuur in 2012. In 2013, the company established a customs control area near the Khangi border port, installing automated weighing systems, and began exporting anthracite coal to China. In 2014, a HITACHI EX2500 excavator with a 15-cubic-metre bucket was commissioned at the site. From 2017, coal haulage to the Khangi border was carried out by Altai Logistic LLC.[8]
The mine has a production capacity of 0.9 million tonnes per annum. Output reached approximately 1 million tonnes in both 2017–2018 and again in 2019.[6]
On 2 September 2025, IGE conducted its first semi-anthracite coal auction on the Mongolian Stock Exchange.[6]
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References
- ↑ (PDF) https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/migration/mn/Bag-Hural-EIA-and-EMP-Reports.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 https://www.ikhgobienergy.mn/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://pubs.usgs.gov/myb/vol3/2019/myb3-2019-mongolia.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 (PDF) https://eic.mn/envmng/upload/2025/tamngdocument/17/20250909_3280.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 https://igemongolia.com/en/operations/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "Operations". igemongolia.com. Retrieved 2026-03-06.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Мандах нуурын хагас антрацитын ордын 2025 оны байгаль орчны менежментийн төлөвлөгөө" (PDF). Environmental Information Center (EIC) Mongolia. Retrieved Mar 6, 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Transportation unit at Mandakh Nuur mine". altailogistic.mn. Retrieved 2026-03-06.
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