Mogoin Gol Coal Mine

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Mogoin Gol Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Tsetserleg, Khövsgöl, Mongolia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Mogoin Gol Coal Mine	Tsetserleg, Khövsgöl, Mongolia	49.3584057, 97.829641 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the coal mine:

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1971	–

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
–	0.2	–	Surface	Open Pit	0.84	50*	276*

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
16	–	–	–	Lignite	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Mogoin Gol JSC	Mogoin Gol JSC	Mongolia

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the GEM April 2024 Global Coal Mine Tracker dataset.

Background

The Mogoin Gol coal mine is a surface coal mine in Khövsgöl Province, Mongolia.

The mine was estimated to have 16 million tons of coal reserves in 1976-1978. The mine was put into operation in 1971, and was privatized in 1994. The deposit area covers 66,000 hectares. Mine life was estimated at 30 years. Before the mid-2010s, the mine supplied coal domestically, and produced an estimated 10,000 tons of coal annually. In 2009, it was estimated that 2.2 million tons of coal had so far been produced and 11.4 million tons were still left.

In 2017 the mine began exporting coal to China, as a means of increasing production. In 2018 the mine produced 250,000 tons. In April 2019, the mine's export license was suspended due to "violations related to coal transportation and technological procedures."

• Owner: Mogoin Gol JSC
• Parent company:
• Location: Tsetserleg District, Khövsgöl Province, Mongolia
• GPS coordinates: 49.3584057, 97.829641 (exact)
• Mine status: Operating
• Production: 0.25 MT (2018)
• Mineable reserves: 16 MT
• Coal type:
• Mine size:
• Mine type:
• Start year: 1971
• Life of Mine: 30 years
• Equipment:
• Number of employees:

Planned coal plant near mine

In December 2009 the Yuanda Group and New Asia Mining Group announced that they had signed a contract with the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy, Mongolia to construct the Telmen Thermal Power Plant near the mine. The Chinese company, CMEC Corporation, is a contractor for the construction work. The plant entered construction in 2015 and is planned for operation in 2023.

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