Eldev Coal Mine () is a

coal mine Coal mining is the process of resource extraction, extracting coal from the ground or from a mine. Coal is valued for its Energy value of coal, energy content and since the 1880s has been widely used to Electricity generation, generate electr ...

Dalanjargalan Dalanjargalan (, Seventy happiness also Ulaantolgoi)) is a sum (district) of Dornogovi Province in south-eastern Mongolia. Sum center is Olon Ovoo railway station on Trans-Mongolian Railway (Ulan Bator - Beijing) line and abandoned Soviet air fo ...

sum (district) of

Dornogovi Province Dornogovi (, ''East Gobi'') is one of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia. It is located in the southeast of the country, bordering PR China's autonomous region of Inner Mongolia. Dornogovi is located in the Gobi Desert and frequent sand- and ...

Mongolia Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south and southeast. It covers an area of , with a population of 3.5 million, making it the world's List of countries and dependencies by po ...

. This mine is 21 km N from sum center (Olon Ovoo railway station of the

Trans-Mongolian Railway The Trans-Mongolian Railway (, ) connects Ulan-Ude on the Trans-Siberian Railway in Buryatia, Russia, with Ulanqab in Inner Mongolia, China, via Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia. It was completed in 1956, and runs from northwest to south ...

) and 300 km SE of Mongolian capital

Ulan Bator Ulaanbaatar is the capital and most populous city of Mongolia. It has a population of 1.6 million, and it is the coldest capital city in the world by average yearly temperature. The municipality is located in north central Mongolia at an ...

. Eldev mine is operated by Mongolyn Alt Corporation (MAK) LLC, a mining and processing company of Mongolia. Annual production rate is of

bituminous coal Bituminous coal, or black coal, is a type of coal containing a tar-like substance called bitumen or asphalt. Its coloration can be black or sometimes dark brown; often there are well-defined bands of bright and dull material within the coal seam, ...

marketed domestically and abroad to China via railroad. Major customers of the Eldev coal mine in Mongolia: - Erdenet Mining Corporation - Khutul Cement & Lime Plant -

Darkhan Metallurgical Plant The Darkhan Metallurgical Plant (DMP; ) is a metallurgy plant in Darkhan, Darkhan-Uul Province, Mongolia. History The construction of the plant started in 1990. The plant then came into operation in 1994. Production The plant acquires the raw ...

- Ulaanbaatar Railway JV, an operator of the Trans-Mongolian Railway -

Darkhan Thermal Power Plant The Darkhan Thermal Power Plant () is a coal-fired power station in Darkhan (city), Darkhan City, Darkhan-Uul Province, Mongolia. History The construction of the power plant started in 1963. It was then commissioned on 2 October 1965. In 2012, ...

References

External links

Eldev Coal Mine owners web site accessed 10 October 2017
Coal mines in Mongolia Dalanjargalan Surface mines in Mongolia {{Mongolia-mine-stub