Nariin Sukhait Coal Mine

Nariin Sukhait Coal Mine (Mongolian: Нарийн Сухайтын чулуун нүүрсний уурхай) is in Gurvan tes sum (district) of Ömnögovi Province in Southwest Mongolia. This mine is 25 km SE from sum center and 56 km N of Shivee Khuren - Seke crossing point on Mongolian-Chinese border.

Three companies operate at Nariin Sukhait Mine as an independent coal producers, namely, Mongolyn Alt Corporation LLC ^[1], Mongolia; and Mongolian-Chinese JV "Qinhua-MAK-Nariin Sukhait" LLC; as well as South Gobi Energy Resources Inc (a subsidiary of Ivanhoe Mines Inc), through its local subsidiary South Gobi Sands LLC. ^[2]

Nariin Sukhait is reported to hold about 380 million mt of resources of high-rank, low-ash, low-sulphur metallurgical and steam coal ^[3], of which 220 million mt of resources belong to the licenses of Mongolyn Alt Corporation LLC^[4] and 160 million mt of coal ^[5] is delineated under the licenses of South Gobi Energy Resources Inc.

In 2008 the mine produced and sold about 1.9 million mt of coal in total (2005 - 1.7 million mt^[6]) of which Mongolian-Chinese JV "Qinhua-MAK-Nariin Sukhait" LLC exported 1.2 million mt; Mongolyn Alt Corporation LLC marketed 0.635 million mt; and South Gobi Energy Resources Inc sold 0.113 million mt.

In accordance with the Special Permit for the construction of railway from the Nariin Sukhait mine to the Mongolian-Chinese border granted to Mongolyn Alt Corporation LLC, 47.8-km railway construction is scheduled to start up in early 2010.

References

1. ^ Mongolyn Alt Corporation (MAK) web site[1]
2. ^ South Gobi Energy Resources Inc web site[2]
3. ^ SecInfo web site[3]
4. ^ Mongolyn Alt Corporation (MAK) web site[4]
5. ^ the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR) website[5]
6. ^ Ömnögovi Province web site[6]

Coordinates: 43°00′08″N 101°15′38″E / 43.00222°N 101.26056°E / 43.00222; 101.26056