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The Nuurst Khotgor or Khotgor Shanaga Coal Mine is an operating surface coal mine in Uvs Province, Mongolia.
Location
The map below shows the location of the mine, in Bökhmörön District, Uvs Province, Mongolia.
Background
The Nuurst Khotgor coal mine is a surface coal mine. It is owned by Korea Coal Corporation (51%), which bought its share in 2010, and Khotgor Shanaga LLC (49%). It produces 1 million tons per year.[1][2]
In 2017–18, the mine was at the center of a corruption scandal involving Finance Minister Chimed Khurelbaatar.[3]
In 2023, Korea Coal Corporation is preparing to sell its Khotgor Shanaga coal mine in Mongolia.[4]
Details
- Operator: Korea Coal Corporation, Khotgor Shanaga LLC
- Owners: Korea Coal Corporation (51%), Khotgor Shanaga LLC (49%)
- Location: Bökhmörön District, Uvs Province, Mongolia
- GPS Coordinates: 49.8497362, 90.8978878 (exact)
- Status: Operating
- Production Capacity: 1 million tonnes per year
- Total Resource: 143.3 million tonnes[5]
- Total Reserves: 76 million tonnes[6]
- Coal Type: Bituminous
- Mine Type: Surface
- Mine Size: 16.1 km2[6]
- Start Year:
- Source of Financing:
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ Nuurst Khotgor coal mine, Wikipedia, accessed Apr. 2021.
- ↑ “Хотгор шанага”-д 52 тэрбум төгрөг төлсөн солонгосчууд “амаа барьж” байна, Ord.mn, 7 Nov. 2017.
- ↑ АТГ: “Хотгор шанага” уурхайтай холбоотой баримтыг цуглуулсан ч Ч.Хүрэлбаатарыг буруутгах олигтой баримт олж чадаагүй, MASS.mn, 12 June, 2018.
- ↑ Korea Coal Corp. to sell Mongolian mine amid energy resource boom, The Korea Economic Daily, accessed October 2023
- ↑ Global Methane Project, [https://www.globalmethane.org/documents/toolsres_coal_overview_ch22.pdf "Mongolia", p. 192, Accessed June 2021
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Overseas, Korea Coal website, Accessed July 2022.