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NEWS 2024-03-15 10:34:20

“Maverick” in the Extreme Cold and Snowstorm - SHICO’s "Dzud" Rescue Operation in Mongolia’s ET Coal Mine Road Project Department

“Maverick” in the Extreme Cold and Snowstorm - SHICO’s "Dzud" Rescue Operation in Mongolia’s ET Coal Mine Road Project Department

time:2024-03-15 10:34:20views:9948

Since the beginning of winter this year, the entire country of Mongolia has been experiencing rare extreme cold and blizzard weather. More than 190 counties across the country have encountered severe challenges in spring production. More than 80% of Mongolia’s land area is still covered by heavy snow, with the snow thickness reaching 100 centimeters in many places. Multiple United Nations agencies reported that the ongoing Dzud in Mongolia has reached the “severe” level, which has also seriously affected the country’s agriculture, transportation and other sectors as well as the daily life of the people.


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The Mongolian ET Coal Mine Road Project is located in Sükhbaatar Province, where the lowest temperature reaches minus 40 degrees Celsius. The snow depth in the construction area is 40 to 60 centimeters, and the deepest snow thickness is nearly 2 meters. Faced with the sudden blizzard and cold wave disaster, the project department responded quickly and launched a winter duty plan and an emergency plan to prevent rain, snow and freezing. While ensuring the safety of the project department’s personnel, equipment and materials, the project department actively fulfills its social responsibilities and participates in disaster prevention and rescue operations. Since the beginning of winter, the project department has rescued about 400 trapped herders and vehicles. To better ensure the supply of living materials and daily travel for herdsmen along the road, and at the same time promote the winter coal hauling of ET Coal Mine, with the strong support of the owners of ET Coal Mine, the owners and the project department organized and mobilized left-behind personnel and mechanical equipment to jointly carry out snow clearing work on roads and civilian sidewalks. Currently, snow clearing rescue work is still in progress.


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SHICO will actively fulfill its local social responsibilities, continue to respond quickly, and take practical and powerful actions to go all out and contribute to Mongolia’s response to climate change, improvement of local economic development and people’s convenience.