More railroad to be established
The Cabinet made a decision to establish ‘Shiveekhuren Railway’ Company, incorporated with ‘Nariin Sukhait Railway’.
The Cabinet assigned relevant Ministers to complete a railway construction in route Shiveekhuren-Sekhe border checkpoint and put it into operation within next year. The Cabinet made a decision to establish ‘Shiveekhuren Railway’ Company, incorporated with ‘Nariin Sukhait Railway’. Not less than 51 percent of the company’s shares will be state-owned. In addition, it authorized ‘Mongolian Railways’ state-owned shareholding company to own the shares of state ownership in the company. Embankment and foundation stage works of 13km rail track will be commenced within the third quarter of this year. The railway in route Shiveekhuren-Sekhe will create a possibility to export mining products from Nariin Sukhait coalmine. Thanks to the railway it is expected a three-fold increase in the border checkpoint capacity and transportation cost decrease. Currently, heavy-duty trucks transport 10-15 million tons of coal a year through Shiveekhuren-Sekhe border checkpoint. When the railway starts being operated, it will be possible to transport 25 million tons of coal annually.
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