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| Location | |
|---|---|
  Erdenet Mine Location in Mongolia | |
| Location | Erdenet |
| Aimag | Orkhon |
| Country | Mongolia |
| Coordinates | 49°01′40″N 104°02′40″E / 49.02778°N 104.04444°E |
| History | |
| Opened | 1974 |
| Owner | |
| Company | 100% - Government of Mongolia |
| Website | http://erdenetmc.mn/ |
Erdenet Mining Corporation (Mongolian: Эрдэнэт үйлдвэр English: Precious factory) is a mining corporation in Erdenet, Mongolia.
The city was built in 1974 to exploit Asia's largest deposit of copper ore and is the fourth largest copper mine in the world.[1] The Erdenet Mining Corporation is one of the Mongolian state-owned enterprises and accounts for a majority of Mongolia's hard currency income. Erdenet mines 22.23 million tons of ore a year, producing 126,700 tons of copper and 1954 tons of molybdenum.[2] The mine accounts for 13.5% of Mongolia's GDP and 7% of its tax revenue.[3] The mine employs about 8,000 people.[4]
- ^ "ГОК «Эрдэнэт»: история и перспективы развития". mining-media.ru. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
- ^ Montsame News Agency. Mongolia. 2006, Foreign Service Office of Montsame News Agency, ISBN 99929-0-627-8, p. 80
- ^ Montsame News Agency. Mongolia. 2006, Foreign Service Office of Montsame News Agency, ISBN 99929-0-627-8, p. 83
- ^ Michael Kohn: Mongolia, p. 143, London 2008