ULAN BATOR, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia exported a total of 73.8 million tons of coal in the first 11 months of this year, according to official data released by the Mongolian Customs General Administration on Friday.
The figure was a decrease of 0.3 percent from the same period last year, the administration reported.
The mining sector remains one of the main pillars of the Mongolian economy, as the country is rich in natural resources such as gold, silver, copper and coal.
A significant share of Mongolia's coal production is accounted for by the Tavan-Tolgoi coal deposit, which is one of the world's largest untapped coking and thermal coal deposits, located in the southern Mongolian province of Umnugovi. It has a total estimated resource of 6.5 billion tons, one-quarter of which is high-quality coking coal.
The landlocked Asian country exported 83.7 million tons in 2024, hitting a historic high. ■
