Ulaanbaatar
Coal mine wants governmental guarantee for constant operations
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ During a working tour to Dornogobi and Gobisumber aimags, the Prime Minister Ch.Saikhanbileg got acquainted with the “Shivee-Ovoo” coal mine in Gobisumber on April 1. This mine provides 30% of coal consumption of the country and 50% of the UB city's fourth thermal power station.
The mine currently employs 547 workers, whose average salary stands at one million 200 thousand Togrog, said the mine’s authority. By the governmental resolution of 2013, this mine has become a subsidiary company of the “Erdenes MGL” state-run company. In 2013-2015, the mine underwent technical renovation, with own 30.2 billion Togrog. Since 2012, the mine has not received investments from the government, the mine’s authority said.
Adding that they are trying to reduce cost of operations and to augment a productivity, the authority went on that they want to increase the sale of coal by two million tons by commissioning a coal coking plant in 2018. Here the PM was asked to issue a governmental guarantee for resolving debt to petroleum providers and for introducing eco-system of ensuring the constant operations.
The Premier ordered the mine to formulate this request and to submit it to the government.
