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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.
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).
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 [15] In 2009 in order to maximize the mine's production, the Mongolian government put the mine up for international companies and ...
The United States and Mongolia will announce plans to sign an "Open Skies" civil aviation agreement, a U.S. official said, as Vice President Kamala Harris and Mongolian Prime Minister L. Oyun ...
(February 2023) Click [show] for important translation instructions. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate , is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia.
Hoda Kotb announced she's leaving 'Today' in early 2025. Read how Jenna Bush Hager, Al Roker, Dylan Dreyer, Savannah Guthrie, Sheinelle Jones and Craig Melvin reacted.
FirstEnergy doubled down on coal power a dozen years ago, even as the boom for fracked oil and gas was underway. Bailout efforts in Ohio led to nearly half a billion dollars in ratepayer charges.