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Friday, July 29, 2011

Chinese, Mongolian companies sign $250m coal deal

Friday,July29, 2011 |By China Daily

ULAN BATOR -- A Mongolian and a Chinese mining company have signed a coal deal worth $250 million, local media reported Friday.

Under the deal, the Aluminum Corp of China Ltd (Chalco) will purchase coking coal worth $250 million as an advance payment from Mongolian state-owned company Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi (ETT), which holds the license for the giant Tavan Tolgoi coal deposit in Mongolia's south Gobi region.

The South Korean company Korea Resources Corp (Kores) and the Japanese companies Itochu and Mitsui signed a memorandum of understanding on purchasing 30 percent of the coal from Chalco.

About 50 high-ranking Mongolian and Chinese officials, including Chinese Ambassador to Mongolia Wang Xiaolong, attended the signing ceremony.

Earlier this month, the Mongolian government said it has chosen China Shenhua Energy, US mining giant Peabody Energy and a Russian-Mongolian consortium to develop the coal mine.

Monday, March 7, 2011

Vale, ArcelorMittal compete for Mongolia coal mine

Mar7, 2011 |Reuters

ArcelorMittal , the world's largest steelmaker, Brazil's Vale and a Korea Resources consortium, are among six short-listed bidders to develop Mongolia's Tavan Tolgoi mine, the world's biggest untapped coking coal deposit, South Korea said.

Swiss miner Xstrata , U.S. coal miner Peabody and Japan's Mitsui & Co consortium are the other three preferred bidders to develop the west Tsankhi block of the mine, Korea Resources said in a statement.

It estimated a $7.3 billion initial investment to develop the Tsankhi block, which has 1.2 billion tonnes of coal reserves and can produce 15 million tonnes annually for 30 years.

Tavan Tolgoi has estimated reserves of 6 billion tonnes of coal, including the world's largest untapped deposit of coking coal, used by steelmakers.

Tags : Tsankhi block, steelmakers, raw material, Mitsui and Co. Itochu Corp