Ulaanbaatar
Transportation route for iron ore and coal to be shortened by 318 km
Society
Ulaanbaatar/MONTSAME/. At its regular Cabinet meeting today,
Prime Minister L.Oyun-Erdene deputed related officials to commence the
Zuunbayan-Khangi railway project in March and complete it in October this year.
“Specifically, last month the Procurement Agency was given a
duty to make a direct contract with the project implementing entity. Accordingly,
a responsible working group was set up,” told Prime Minister’s spokeswoman Ch.
Bolortuya during the press briefing.
With the commissioning of this railway, the transportation
route from Darkhan and Selenge regions to Zamyn-Uud-Erlian, Jinin-Hohhot-Bautou
(1722 km) will be changed into Sainshand-Zuunbayan-Khangi-Mandal-Bautou (1404
km), which will shorten the distance for transporting iron ore and coal by
318km and reduce the transportation cost by USD4-8.
