Mongolians fret over China investment as they prepare to vote


  • World
  • Sunday, 25 Jun 2017

An unfinished bridge on the road between the coal mines of Tsogttsetsii and the border to China is seen in Tsogttsetsii, Mongolia, June 12, 2017. REUTERS/Terrence Edwards

TSOGTTSETSII, Mongolia (Reuters) - A few miles from Mongolia's giant Tavan Tolgoi mine, about 2,000 trucks a day set off across the Gobi desert, delivering coal to China on a road so narrow and ridden with pot holes it has become an accident black spot.

Nearby stand the foundations of a railway meant to connect Tavan Tolgoi to China to the south. The unfinished line would enable cash-strapped, landlocked Mongolia to sell more coal at higher prices to its biggest customer, which could also finance the project.

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