Ovoot high grade coking coal confirmed

Aspire Mining has completed initial pilot coke tests using coal indicative of what will be produced at its mammoth Ovoot project in Mongolia, with tests confirming the project as a high quality blending coking coal.

Mr David Paull MD of Aspire said that "We are pleased with the initial coal quality indications for our Ovoot coking coal. This work has confirmed the attractiveness of adding Ovoot coking coal into coke blends. This is an important step which will now allow Aspire to progress commercialisation negotiations for future sales and funding.”

Coke testwork using various blends was conducted including Australian hard coking coal, Australian low volatile, semi-soft coking coal coke breeze.

The test results show that Ovoot coking coal can be used to replace hard coking coal in a batch when using low quality semi-soft coking coal.

The test work also showed that in batches using up to 15% coking breeze, bathc coke strength improved by replacing prime hard coking coal with indicative Ovoot coking coal.
Yields were also noticeably higher with the addition of coking breeze.

The indicative samples were from adjacent Mogoin Gol Coal Mine, which currently produces unwashed coal, which is used for local thermal power as well as for export to the Russian steel industry.

Source: Proactive Investors

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