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Glossary and Technical Terms
“soum”
“SSCC”
“strip ratio” or “stripping ratio”
“Tavan Tolgoi”
“the Schemes”
“thermal coal”
“THG”
“TKH”
“tonne”
“TRIFR”
“Tsogttsetsii”
“UHG”
“UHG deposit”
“UHG mine”
“USD”
“VAT”
“Velseis”
“washed coal”
“WSA”
The second level of Mongolian administrative subdivisions (essentially
equivalent to a sub-province)
Semi-soft coking coal
The ratio of the amount of waste removed (in bank cubic metres) to
the amount of coal or minerals (in tonnes) extracted by open-pit mining
methods
The coal formation located in South Gobi, Mongolia which includes our
UHG and BN deposits
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Also referred to as “steam coal” or “steaming coal” thermal coal is used
in combustion processes by power producers and industrial users to
produce steam for power and heat. Thermal coal tends not to have the
carbonisation properties possessed by coking coals and generally has
lower heat value and higher volatility than coking coal
Tsaikhar Khudag
Tsagaan Khad
Metric tonne, being equal to 1,000 kilograms
Total recordable injury frequency rate
Tsogttsetsii soum is the location where Tavan Tolgoi sits
Ukhaa Khudag
Ukhaa Khudag deposit located in the Tavan Tolgoi coalfield which
includes both aboveground (300m) deposits
The aboveground (