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The reason for the protest was a corruption scandal involving the theft of $12.9 billion worth of coal. Mongolian authorities had met with the protesters and promised to investigate the affairs. An investigation committee was announced by the Parliament and several officers suspected of coal theft were arrested.
Investigations found that the accident was a result of illegal construction and production of the coal mine, reckless operation of the contracting construction company, and oversight by local party committees, governments, and departments.
The 2018–2019 Mongolian protests was a series of mass demonstrations and popular protests against the president and the government after a leak which showed scandals and links of embezzlement with parliament speaker and corruption scandals also unleashed.
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The mine was established on 25 December 1922 as the first mining in Mongolia. [1] In 1938, a railway line was built connecting Nalaikh to the city center of Ulaanbaatar to transport the coal from Nalaikh mine. [2] The mine was officially closed in 1990. [3]
Tavan Tolgoi coal mine in Ömnögovi Province. Mongolia hosts 0.2% of the world's known coal reserves at an estimated 162 billion tonnes in 2011 with 17 operating coal mines. Mongolia exported 73% of the 25 million tons of coal produced in 2010, making it the country's largest export (which had previously been copper).
Mongolian Mining Corporation (MMC) is a Mongolian coking coal producer listed in the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. It is the largest coal mining company in Mongolia, owning two coal mines located in the Gobi Desert , namely the Ukhaa Khudag mine and the Baruu Naran mine.
The Ulaan Ovoo Coal Mine (Mongolian: Улаан Овоо, red mound) is a coal mine located in the Tüshig sum of Selenge aimag in northern Mongolia. It is located on the northern shore of the Zelter River a short distance west of the sum center. [1] The mine has coal reserves amounting to 208.8 million tonnes of brown coal. [2]