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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.
Location of Xilingol League (red) in Inner Mongolia (orange), where the majority of protests occurred. On the night of May 10, 2011 an ethnic Mongol herdsman was killed by a coal truck driver near Xilinhot, Inner Mongolia, China. The incident, alongside grievances over mining development in the region and the perceived erosion of traditional ...
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This list of mines in Mongolia is subsidiary to the list of mines article and lists working, defunct and future mines in the country and is organised by the primary mineral output. For practical purposes stone, marble and other quarries may be included in this list.
The Ukhaa Khudag Coal Mine (UHG) is a coal mine in Tavan Tolgoi, ... Mongolia. History. The commercial mining operation of the mine started in April 2009. ...
The West Tsankhi section of the Tavan Tolgoi coal deposit has been in operation since 1967, as a small coal mine. It supplied coal to the Mongolian domestic market, but in August 2011, started exporting coal to China [16] In 2009 in order to maximize the mine's production, the Mongolian government put the mine up for international companies and ...
The Nuurst Khotgor Coal Mine (Mongolian: Нүүрст хотгор, Coal bowl) is an open-pit coal mine in Bökhmörön sum (district) of Uvs Province, Mongolia. The mine has coal reserves amounting to 109 million tonnes of coking coal, one of the largest coal reserves in Asia and the world. The mine has an annual production capacity of 1 ...