Home News PUBLIC HEARING ON COAL THEFT ALLEGATIONS TO BE ORGANIZED PUBLIC HEARING ON COAL THEFT ALLEGATIONS TO BE ORGANIZED Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. The Standing Committee on Economy of the State Great Khural will organize a public hearing on the issues of coal shipment and export on December 21. The public hearing will be held on the following topics: Offtake agreements established by “Erdenes Tavantolgoi” JSC that included payment terms of making payments by mineral resources and raw materials and were made in advance and already used; The enterprises that mined coking coal in the country and the amount of the output; The enterprises that transported coking coal and their revenue; Detailed information on the coking coal exported through all border checkpoints of Mongolia. The hearing will also include the following: The issues of the excessive difference between the cost of coking coal on the international market, Mongolia’s export price, and China’s price; Whether the difference creates the conditions for corruption and tax evasion by certain persons in both countries; How and how much funding was mobilized for the Tavantolgoi-Zunbayan and Tavantolgoi-Gashuunsuhait railway construction projects by the “Erdenes Tavantolgoi” JSC; The cost of building each 1 km of these railways. The public hearing will be chaired by Member of the State Great Khural S. Chinzorig. Source: https://montsame.mn/en/read/309473