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The Nuurstei coking coal project is a proposed open cut coking coal project owned and operated by the small Australian firm, Aspire Mining,in Khuvsgul, Mongolia.[1]
Location
The map below shows the approximate location for the proposed mine site in Khuvsgul province.[1]
Background
According to project sponsor Aspire Mining, the mine is currently being evaluated as a near term development, producing a washed hard coking coal. In 2018, a drilling program reexamined the modest resource base. As of October 2020, the company has continued to promote the project.[2]
The proposed site is 160 km east of Aspire's Ovoot coking coal project.[1]
Although there have been few public updates on this project in recent years, the project does appear in Aspire Mining's 2021 Annual Report, and therefore appears to still be proposed. However, the company admits, "No substantive work was conducted on this project during the year."[3] The project is presumed shelved, until further announcements.
Mine Details
- Operator: Aspire Mining
- Owners: Aspire Mining (90%), Others Unknown (10%)[2]
- Location: Murun, Khuvsgul, Mongolia[2]
- GPS coordinates: 49.671437, 100.118621 (approximate)
- Mine status: Shelved[2]
- Annual Capacity: 1 mtpa[4]
- Mineable reserves: 4.7 Mt[1]
- Coal type: Bituminous (Metallurgical)
- Mine Size:
- Mine Type: Surface[1]
- Start Year:
- Source of Financing:
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Nuurstei Coal, Aspire Mining, Company Website, accessed January 4, 2021
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Aspire Mining committed to transforming Mongolian coking coal project, Mining and Quarry World, October 23rd, 2020
- ↑ Annual Report 2021, Aspire Mining Limited, accessed July 2022.
- ↑ IEA, Coal Information 2020, Mining Projects, accessed January 4, 2021