TS.ELBEGDORJ LEGS STEEL AND COKE FACTORY

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia /MONTSAME/ In frames of the state visit to the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), the President Ts.Elbegdorj has got acquainted with a coke factory at ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG in Dusseldorf city.


"Importing coal from abroad is becoming cheaper than extracting it home. Our company has extracted coal for many years, now we are taking coal from a 2,000-meter depth. If we can tackle the transport matter, we want to import coal from Mongolia," the company authority said.

The factory is considered as the leader in the world by coal coking and sreel producing. The ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG has branches in 80 countries employing some 180 thousand people. The factory produces 15 million tons of steel and processes 3.9 tons coke coal a year. For the time being, the coal is imported from Australia and Canada.

B.Khuder