Ulaanbaatar
Exports of mineral products increased in the last two weeks
Economy
Ulaanbaatar/MONTSAME/. According to the Ministry of Mining
and Heavy Industry, Mongolia's exports of mineral products have increased in
the last two weeks compared to the previous weeks.
As of February 4-10, the country exported a total of 806.7
thousand tons of coal (1224 containers by road, 654 containers by rail), 124.5
thousand tons of copper concentrate (152 containers by road, 329 containers by
rail) as well as 165.2 thousand tons of iron ore and concentrate (1086
containers by rail) from the beginning of the year.
The purchase of gold by the central bank was 1,663.0 kg from
the beginning of the year, which shows an increase of 4.7 percent compared to
the same period of the previous year.
