Bürentsogt Tungsten Mine

Bürentsogt Tungsten Mine (Mongolian: Бүрэнцогт) is a former mine (closed around 2009) and a settlement in Mönkhkhaan sum (district) of Sükhbaatar Province in eastern Mongolia. This mine is 41 km SW from sum center .

Tungsten production was mainly by a joint venture of Mongolia and the former East Germany.[1]

Tungsten artisanal mining is present [2]

References
  1. Ecology and Natural Resources: Minerals yearbook mineral industries of Asia and the Pacific 1991: Mongolia
  2. "Sustainable Artisanal Mining Project". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2007-10-24.


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