Coal transportation from the mines in Mongolia’s Gobi to China has already resumed. According to the officials responsible, the queue of coal trucks has been reduced to 17 km from 130 km after collaborative efforts made by the Ministry of Road and Transport Development, the Ministry of Mining and Heavy Industry and the National Road Transport Centre. The loading of coal trucks at the Gashuun Sukhait open-cast mine was suspended on 12 December by order of Mining Minister D.Sumyabazar in order to clear the long and dangerous queue.

On average 500-600 coal trucks enter China daily. One kilometre of queue consists of 35-40 trucks with a capacity of 70-100 tonnes.

Mongolia’s Mining Ministry has approved a new route for coal transport from the mines in the Gobi to China. The trucks will offload their coal at the Tsagaan Khad crossing and other trucks will transport it on to Gashuun Sukhait crossing. Tsagaan Khad is located 23 km from Gashuun Sukhait. Previously, the trucks had transported coal from the Gobi mines directly to China.