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Cases / Oil, gas and coal operations · Mongolia · 2023

Smuggling reported at Mongolia's state coal company

Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.

Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
  • The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
What the record lacks: 3 none on record · 1 not measured See the gaps

East Asia Forum reported in April 2023 on coal smuggling at Mongolia's state coal company. The sources reviewed do not give volumes, prosecutions, or any link to specific mining or environmental harm.

What?
Smuggling was reported at Mongolia's state coal company. East Asia Forum
Where?
Mongolia East Asia Forum
When?
Reported April 2023 East Asia Forum
Who?
Gained
None on record
Lost
None on record
Harmed
None on record
Why?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Smuggling reported within the state coal company's operations; the mechanism is not detailed in the sources reviewed. East Asia Forum
5 of 6 questions answered from the record · open: who

What happened

The record, in order.

East Asia Forum reported in April 2023 that coal smuggling had been reported at Mongolia's state coal company.

The article's headline presents the case as a window on systemic corruption.

    In court and with insurers

    Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.

    Lawsuits and rulings

    No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.

    Insurers

    No insurer decision on record.

    What we don't know

    Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.

    Nature

    • Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.

    Record

    • None on record The sources reviewed do not state the volume of coal smuggled or whether any prosecutions followed.
    • None on record The sources reviewed do not name the smugglers, buyers or executives involved, or who benefited.
    • None on record The sources reviewed do not link the smuggling to specific mines or environmental harm.

    Did the harm stop?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Who paid?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Sources

    Voices on record: — Company or project— Government and regulators— Courts✓ Press and investigations— Communities and civil society— Researchers

    Press and investigations

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