ZUUNBAYAN-TAVANTOLGOI RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION IN FULL SWING

Launched in May 2019, the construction project for 414.6-km railway connecting Zuunbayan with Tavantolgoi is in full swing. Earthworks of the railway construction are ongoing with 82 percent completion, pipeline construction with 67 percent and other types of civil works, including dams are completed 84 percent. 

Moreover, in accordance with the upper track structure construction plan schedule, the construction of 43.5-km railway starting from Zuunbayan railway station in Dornogobi aimag has been finished. 

More than 5,000 workers are on-duty at the construction site and 2,500 equipment and machinery are being utilized for the project. 

Once completed, the Tavantolgoi-Zuunbayan railway will enable putting 37 mineral deposits in the regions along the railway into economic circulation, such as Tsagaan Suvarga copper mine, Kharmagtai copper-gold mine and Manlai coal mine. 

The Ministry of Road and Transport Development previously reported that the total reserves of mineral deposits in the region mentioned amounts to 6.02 billion tons. 

Source:https://montsame.mn/en/read/227910