Tavantolgoi-Gashuunsukhait and Tavantolgoi-Zuunbayan railroads to be connected
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Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ At its regular meeting on September
23, the Cabinet authorized Tavantolgoi Railway company to construct the basic
track structure of a 22 km railroad connecting Tavantolgoi Gashuusukhait and
Tavantolgoi-Zuunbayan railroads and assigned relevant Ministers to develop the engineering
design, carry out environmental impact assessment, and begin the project within
this year. The necessary estimated funding will be provided by
Erdenes-Tavantolgoi company.
It is estimated that the exploitation of coal, copper, coal, tungsten, zinc and fluorspar deposits of Tavantolgoi, Tsagaansuvarga, Aduunchuluun, Chandgana, Talbulag, and Khuut will increase annual exports to around 50 million tons and rail freight volume 3.5-fold.
The Cabinet also instructed relevant Ministers to approve a plan coordinating Tavantolgoi coal deposit mining and infrastructure development projects and programs and to oversee its implementation.