Ulaanbaatar
Tavantolgoi-Zuunbayan railway line to open in October
Society
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ At its regular meeting on February
23, the Cabinet ordered Head of the Cabinet Secretariat Ts.Nyamdorj and
Minister of Finance B.Javkhlan to have MNT 47.8 billion necessary for trial
operations on the Tavantolgoi-Zuunbayan railway line earmarked within the first
half of March 2022 and CEO of Erdenes Tavantolgoi JSC to provide the funding.
Minister of Road and Transport Development L.Khaltar was also given an order to
commence the trial operations within March 2022.
There are a total of 37 licensed mineral deposits within a
30-kilometer radius along the railway line, such as Tavantolgoi coal deposit,
Tsagaan Suvarga copper deposit, Kharmagtai copper and gold deposit, Manlai coal
deposit, and other major deposits of gypsum, zeolite, and uranium. The Tavantolgoi-Zuunbayan rail line will help capitalize on the mineral deposits and increase the sales of
mining products.
The construction of the railway line began in May 2019 and efforts
are underway to open it in October 2022.
