Zuun Khushuut Coal Mine

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Zuun Khushuut Coal Mine (Зүүн Хөшөөтийн нүүрсний уурхай) is an operating coal mine in Mörön bag, Darvi Soum, Khovd, Mongolia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Zuun Khushuut Coal Mine	Mörön bag, Darvi Soum, Khovd, Mongolia	46.775414, 93.327653 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	–	–

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
–	2.65	2024	Surface	Open Pit	10.9	60.0*	407.0*

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
–	–	–	–	Bituminous	Thermal & Met	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Tethysmining LLC	Tethysmining LLC [100.0%]	Mongolia

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

Zuun Khushuut Coal Mine (Зүүн Хөшөөтийн нүүрсний уурхай) is an operating surface coal mine located in Mörön bag, Darvi soum, Khovd Province, western Mongolia. The mine is operated by Tethysmining LLC ("Тефис майнинг" ХХК), a subsidiary of Cosmo Coal LLC, which is in turn part of the Cosmo Group.

Tethysmining LLC was established in 2004 as a subsidiary of Vale S.A. (Brazil), one of the world's largest mining companies. In 2013, Cosmo Coal LLC acquired the company from Vale. The company holds mining licences 18293А and 18291 over the Zuun Khushuut deposit.

Coal produced at the Zuun Khushuut mine was planned to be supplied both to the domestic Mongolian market and for export to China. In the initial years of operation, export coal was planned to be sold as raw coal, while in later stages the operator planned to process the coal for coking purposes before supplying it to Chinese industrial markets.

Production

In 2024, Tethysmining LLC produced 2.65 million tonnes of coal at the Zuun Khushuut mine.

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