ULAN BATOR, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia exported a total of 83.9 million tons of coal in 2025, data released by the Mongolian Customs General Administration (MCGA) showed Monday.
The figure was an increase of 5.6 percent from the same period last year, the MCGA said in a statement.
Currently, Mongolia's economy depends heavily on the mining sector and on the export of mineral resources. Mining commodities, such as coal, copper and iron ore, constituted 99.2 percent of Mongolia's total exports during the January-December period of 2025.
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. ■