Mongolian coal export to China surges

Oyundelger 2017-04-05 03:04

Mining

Mongolia exported 4.86 million tons of coal in February, surging 84.9% from 2.63 million tonnes in January, showed data from the Mineral Resources Authority of Mongolia.

Mongolian coal export to China surges. Mongolia exported 4.86 million tons of coal in February, surging 84.9% from 2.63 million tonnes in January, showed data from the Mineral Resources Authority of Mongolia. Exports of washed coking coal increased 31.55% from a month earlier to 0.43 million tons in February, while that of raw coking coal dropped 24.28% from January to 0.83 million tons. Mongolia exported 0.66 million tonnes of thermal coal in the month, down 5.28% month on month. In February, Mongolia produced 8.43 million tons of coal, increasing 490% year on year and up 55.28% month on month. Last year, the nation's coal output increased 44.01% from a year ago to 35.19 million tons. Coal sales increased 84.15% month on month to 6.66 million tonnes, with domestic sales up 82.07% from January to 1.8 million tons.