SOUTH AFRICAN DEPUTY MINISTER VISITS MONGOLIAN COAL MINE

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The South African delegation led by Mr Godfrey Oliphant, the Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources, visited “Shivee-Ovoo” Mongolian coal mine on Thursday. The delegation witnessed the mine's operations and capacity and got au fait with its long-term goals. Executive director of the mine O.Otgonbaatar met with the Deputy Minister to exchange views with him on ways of introducing the latest hi tech of S.Africa to our country and of cooperating in this field. The Deputy Minister said that his visit will be a start of a fruitful cooperation. The mine, located 260 kms from the city, is the largest brown coal deposit providing 30 percent of domestic coal demand and 70 percent of coal demand of energy production for central region.