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Nalaikh Coal Mine

Угольная шахта Налайха

MongoliaНалайх1954–1958Industrial sites

Mongolia's oldest coal enterprise, founded on 25 December 1922. In 1954–1958 the mine was modernised with Soviet help: Soviet assistance amounted to 169 million tugrik, 200 Soviet specialists worked there, and Nalaikh became the country's first mechanised underground coal mine. The Great Soviet Encyclopedia names the Nalaikh mine among the enterprises of the Mongolian People's Republic built with Soviet assistance.

Старейшее угольное предприятие Монголии, основанное 25 декабря 1922 года. В 1954–1958 годах шахта была модернизирована с помощью СССР: советская помощь составила 169 млн тугриков, на шахте работали 200 советских специалистов, и Налайха стала первой механизированной подземной угольной шахтой страны. Большая советская энциклопедия называет шахту Налайха среди предприятий МНР, построенных при содействии СССР.

Property abroad

EraUSSR

FunctionIndustry and infrastructure

Present ownerState of Mongolia (the state mine is closed)

Acquisitionbuilt, 1958

StatusSold, transferred or lost

As of2018-09

The state mine ceased operating after 1990 (according to Wikipedia, it was closed permanently on 30 December 1995); according to a publication of 18 September 2018, artisanal mining continues on the deposit, and the authors propose creating a mining museum and education centre in Nalaikh.