Mongolia’s coal production surges 46% y-o-y in Jan-Sept’26 to 96 mnt

• Hard coal output rises 22% y-o-y to 10.13 mnt in September
• Coal production climbs up by 5% m-o-m in September 

After a decline over the past three months, Mongolia’s production of coal for all uses rebounded to 11.41 million tonnes last month, according to the latest data from Mongolia’s National Statistical Office (NSO).

Mongolia’s September output climbed by 5.1% from the modified volume of 10.86 million tonnes for August. The NSO revises its historical data from time to time, Mysteel Global notes. Previously, August output was put at 10.84 million tonnes, as reported.

On a yearly basis, Mongolia’s coal production in September was higher by 22%, according to the NSO data.

Over January-September, the country’s cumulative production of coal for all uses totalled 95.91 million tonnes, up 46% from the same period last year, according to the NSO.

Data from the NSO’s monthly bulletin, however, put Mongolia’s total coal production over the nine months slightly higher at 95.95 million tonnes, comprised of 87.74 million tonnes of hard coal (including both coking and thermal coal types) and 8.21 million tonnes of lignite coal.

According to the breakdown data from the monthly bulletin, Mongolia’s hard coal production in September reached 10.13 million tonnes, up 2% on month and 23% on year. Output of lignite stood at 1.28 million tonnes, up 40% on month and 20% on year.

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