Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ According to the National Statistics Office, iron ore exports reached 3.3 million tons in the first half of the year, an increase by 633.2 thousand tons compared with the same period of 2017.

Iron ore price was an average of USD 46.3, showing a decrease of USD 12.8 compared with the same period of the previous year. Mongolian iron was entirely exported to the People’s Republic of China.

In the first half of 2018, a total amount of exported gold decreased by 1039 kg or USD 38.5 million compared to the same period of 2017. Gold price per kilogram rose from USD 40317.8 to USD 42104.9. Gold was exported only to the UK.

Exports of ferrous metal waste, copper and its alloys, aluminum articles and unprocessed lead made up 98.4 percent of total metal exports. Compared with the same period of the the previous year, export of unprocessed lead increased by USD 64.3 thousand, copper and copper alloys by USD 248.1 thousand and aluminum articles by USD 323 thousand respectively.

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