Shinejinst Coal Mine

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Shinejinst Coal Mine (Шинэжинст нүүрсний орд) is a shelved coal mine in Bayankhongor, Mongolia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Shinejinst Coal Mine	Bayankhongor, Mongolia	46.17869, 100.698066 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Shelved	–	–	–

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
4	0.01	2022	Surface	Open Pit	60.0	60.0*	–

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
88.0	–	168.0	–	Bituminous	Met	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Saker Resources	Saker Resources [100.0%]	Singapore

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

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Background

The Shinejinst Coal Mine (Шинэжинст нүүрсний уурхай) is a proposed surface coal mine in Bayankhongor, Mongolia. It is located approximately 210 km south of the provincial capital of Bayankhongor and 305 km from the Chinese border crossing at Ceke (Шивээхүрэн–Цэцэ).

The mine is owned by Saker Resources.

Coal seams reach widths of up to 44 metres, identified during a 2015 drilling programme. The average clean coal product yield is 77.8% at 9.8% ash content. As of 2019, the Shinejinst deposit hosted 168 Mt of total JORC Resources and 88.3 Mt of Proved and Probable Coal Reserves.

Construction of a haul road commenced in November 2011, and a preliminary 289 km pilot road connecting Shinejinst to the link road between Nariin Sukhait and the Chinese border has been completed, pending upgrading. A starter pit was prepared for mining operations and bulk coal samples were delivered to potential customers. On 15 August 2016, Gobi Coal & Energy signed an agreement with the Mongolian Railway State Owned Shareholding Company (МТЗ) to build, develop, finance and operate a 330 km section of the Western Mongolian Vertical Railway connecting Arts Suuri in northern Mongolia to Shiveekhuren on the Chinese border, passing through both the Shinejinst and Zeegt coal mines. In cooperation with a Chinese state-owned enterprise, a Chinese-registered company was established to build roads, a railway and a coal washing plant for the project.

As of March 2026, the project has not commenced production. The mine is classified as shelved by the Global Coal Mine Tracker, with no substantive public updates reported since 2021.

• Operator: Saker Resources
• Owner: Saker Resources
• Location: Bayankhongor, Mongolia
• GPS Coordinates: 46.17869, 100.698066 (exact)
• Mine Status: Shelved
• Production: 5 million tonnes per annum
• Total Resource: 168 million tonnes
• Mineable Reserves: 88.3 million tonnes
• Coal Type: Bituminous
• Mine Size:
• Mine Type: Surface
• Start Year: TBD
• Life of Mine:
• Source of Financing:

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