Mongolia going it alone at Tavan Tolgoi. For now | MINING.com: "Mongolia's state-owned Erdennes Tavan Tolgoi, says it will start work on a coking coal block previously slated for development by foreign miners.
Reuters reports Batdorj Enkhbat, the chief financial officer of E-TT, said a domestic company would start initial development at West Tsankhi, possibly as soon as April, but could not be drawn on whether foreign miners will be invited.
Located in the South Gobi desert Tavan Tolgoi – mined since the 60s – is home to the world’s largest high-quality coking coal deposit used in steelmaking, but management of the resource has been characterized by bureaucratic bungling."
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