On April 20, Baasanjav Enkhbaatar, the chairman of the Mongolian Mining Club, confirmed that the Mongolian government has halted coal exports by truck from the South Gobi region to China for two days, after China closed part of its border on April 19 citing technical problems.
Meanwhile, official Chinese news agency Xinhua has stated that recent accidents on the road leading from the South Gobi-based Tavan Tolgoi mine, which is one of the world's largest coal deposits, were the main factor behind the Mongolian government's decision to suspend coal deliveries to China.