By Mayo Ozaku
On February 16, signing ceremony for an agreement between
Mongolia and Japan was held at the Ministry of Mining. According to the agreement,
the demonstration project for a dry coal preparation system in Mongolia will
apply Japanese technology.
Mongolia and Japan agreed to cooperate in the
resource and energy area and signed a memorandum three years ago. Since then,
both the governments and private companies in each country have conducted
investigations. Finally, they agreed it was possible to realize their
corporation.
“I’m sure this progress will make a big contribution to the
development of our country. This ecological and economical new system is very
useful, especially in dry places, such as the Gobi” said Mongolian Mining
Minister R.Jigjig at the beginning of the ceremony. In order to use coal as
resource, it has to be sorted into low and high density. This process is called
“preparation” . The conventional coal preparation, called “water-based
technology”, requires a large amount of water which is very scarce resource in
Mongolia.
To address this problem, NECO (Nagata Engineering Co Ltd) implemented
a dry coal preparation system. NECO is a Japanese company that designs and
makes industrial equipments. It is entrusted by NEDO through this project. This
new technology doesn’t need water and saves 20% on energy than before.
Of
course, it keeps quality as high as conventional methods. According to the project
overview, plants to be built at the Tavan Tolgoi coal mine and in the South
Gobi are planned to produce 300, 000 tons of coal per year. The whole project
is expected to be concluded in two years. EMC (Erdenes Mongol LLC) will take
responsibility for this project, under the Ministry of Mining.
The leadership of Japanese side in this agreement is NEDO
(New Energy and industrial Technology Development Organization). NEDO is one of
the largest public research and development management organizations in Japan.
It was established to address energy and global environmental problems, and
enhance industrial technology in 1980.
In 1992, it cooperated with Mongolia for
the first time to install solar panels on Gers. The Executive director Munehiko
Tsuchiya attended the ceremony and talked “ I hope our technological
cooperation will work well not only for industry and the economy, but also for
friendship between two countries.”
Takenori Shimizu, Ambassador of Japan to Mongolia also
attended the ceremony and gave a speech in Mongolian language. The head of the
Agency for Natural Resources and Energy of Ministry of Economy , Trade and
Industry from Japan also made a comment. He mentioned that the dry coal
preparation system enables Mongolia to add value to their coal and export it
worldwide. He also emphasized the tasks Mongolia will have to accomplish in the
future.
It is required that Mongolia proves the validity of the new system
spreads an understanding among people. After signing, the ceremony was closed
with a warm applause.
Source:Mongol Messenger
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