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Speaker of Parliament presented with activity at Oyu Togloi LLC

Old News! Published on: 2015.03.09

Speaker of Parliament presented with activity at Oyu Togloi LLC

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On March 6, administrators of Oyu Tolgoi LLC met with Speaker of Parliament Z.Enkhbold and accompanying officials at the OT mine site, and presented updated, general information regarding the operation of the mine. 

Director of Local Relations Sh.Baigalmaa introduced local projects being implemented by the company. 

Since the export of its first copper concentrate 19 months ago, on February 18, the amount of exported copper concentrate reached one million tons. 

In 2014, the Oyu Tolgoi mine produced 148,400 tons of ore containing copper and  589,000 ounces of gold containing concentrate.

Ore containing concentrate from the mine is processed at the mine's factory, and administrators of the factory told the Speaker that in 2015, the factory is going to produce 175,000 to 195,000 tons of copper concentrate and 600,000 to 700,000 ounces of gold concentrate for export. 

Presently there are 16 female drivers operating heavy machinery from Komatsu for production, and the OT officials introduced the work of one of the women. 

The Speaker stressed that Mongolian women are very strong, which could be seen from the driving of heavy machinery by these women.
  

The Speaker was also introduced to the crushing plants for ore from the mine and with the packaging factory for final products. Specialists from the central Geological Laboratory of Germany are working at the packaging factory and drying ready concentrate. After the determination of the concentrate's dry weight, it is sent to an authorized laboratory for inspection.  

There are 6,500 employees working at Oyu Tolgoi, 95 percent of whom are Mongolians. Twenty-one percent of the Mongolian employees are residents of Umnugobi Province. The officials also pointed out that Oyu Tolgoi has purchased goods valued at 42 million USD from supply companies in the province.  

In 2014 Oyu Togloi LLC  paid 250 million USD in taxes and fees to the Government of Mongolia.  

As reported by the Media and Public Relations Department of the Parliament the following MPs and officials accompanied the Speaker on his visit to the Oyu Tolgoi mine: MP D.Bat-Erdene, Senior Advisor of the Speaker S.Lamba, Advisor of the Speaker D.Lkhagvasuren, Head if the Board of Directors of OT G.Batsukh, Executive Director of Erdenes Oyu Tolgoi LLC D.Ganbold, General Operational Manager of Oyu Togloi LLC Andrew Miller, and others.

 

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