Oyu Tolgoi LLC has reported that the company is expecting to produce 130-160 thousand tonnes copper and 100-140 thousand ounces gold in 2017.

Here are some interesting facts about Oyu Tolgoi.

– Oyu Tolgoi’s underground mine of is located 1300 metres under the ground. There is also important surface mining

– The deepest shaft of the mine is equal to twelve ‘Blue Sky’ Towers end to end. The ‘Blue Sky’ Tower is a landmark on the south side of Ulaanbaatar’s Sukhbaatar Square.

-The mine’s conveyor belt is 10 km long or equivalent to the distance from Sukhbaatar Square to Tolgoit railway station.

– The ore reserve in the ‘first stage’ of construction at the underground mine is 17 times bigger than Sukhbaatar Square.

– The ‘second stage’ of construction at the underground mine has commenced from the 18^th km of the mine.

Oyu Tolgoi is an open pit and underground mine in Khanbog soum of South Gobi province of Mongolia. The company has over 11 thousand workers; 6000 of them are working at the underground mine. Oyu Tolgoi is also a vital part of Mongolia’s mining-geared economy.