Tavan Tolgoi

Tawan Tolgoi (Mongolian Таван толгой, also Tavantolgoi on German " Five Hills ") is a vast reservoir of high-quality, degradable in surface mining coal in the district ( Sum) Tsogttsetsii of Ömnö Gobi aimag ( province of South Gobi ) in southern Mongolia. The population of these consisting of companies camps settlement is situated at 313 (31 December 2009 ), while throughout the county 2,642 people (2009) living. By mining projects in the region will increase the population of Tsogttsetsii 2020 to 37,500 according to estimates of the Mongolian Ministry of Construction and Urban Development.

Location

Tawan Tolgoi is located in the south of the Gobi Desert and is located 15 kilometers southwest from the center of the county ( Sum) Tsogttsetsii and 98 kilometers east of Dalandsadgad, the capital of Ömnö Gobi aimags. The entire deposit has a size of about 30 x 40 km.

Economy

With the coal open pit mining began in 1967. The coal production was 38.5 million tonnes in 2003, 64.2 million tonnes in 2004, 2005 -. 404.6 million tons in 2005 and 787.1 million tons in 2006 With regard to the total amount is However Tawan Tolgoi just beginning. While Chinese to manage down in a smaller part, the state enterprise " Tavan Tolgoi JSC" possessed more than 70 % of occurrences. A share of 10% of the deposit is in the hands of the company " Energy Resources ", which with the latest technology within the project UHG ( Ukhaa Khudag ) promotes the development. The main customer is in all three parts of Tawan Tolgoi China.

In 2008, the government decided to distribute to the people 20 percent of the shares. Since then, every Mongol owned 1,072 shares in the mine. 2012 corresponded to the the value of one million Tugrik ( about 600 euros ). A transition to international markets failed. In May 2012, the Government approved the repurchase of the shares to the state.

Traffic

During the transport to the Chinese border is done by truck on a dirt desert slopes, is in the near future with project assistance from the German Bahn subsidiary DB -International construction of a 268 km long railway line from Ukhaa Khudag ( UHG ) to the Mongolian border town Gashuun Sukhait and an extension until after Linhe planned on the Chinese side. The cost of moving coal with an axle load of 25 tonnes provided, single-track line to go in the year 2015.

At the beginning of 2009, the Chinese mining company Shenhua Energy, which offered the Mongolian government his support in the development of Tawan Tolgoi, located with the construction of a 354 km long railway line from Baotou to the Chinese border town Ganqimaodu, across from Mongolian Gashuun Sukhait began.

These courses should be completed by 2011. 60 million tons of copper and gold should thus can be transported annually to China.

At the same time the conversion of the sand slopes is provided initially in the form of gravel roads and later with paved roads.