Recent developments

•In October 2018, the Mongolia Agency for Standard Metrology (MASM) implemented the latest diesel specification, MNS 0216:2017, and introduced diesel grades K3, K4 and K5, which are equivalent with Euro 3, Euro 4 and Euro 5 enabling diesel quality

•In July 2020, the MASM again implemented the K2 grade diesel specification, MNS 6861:2020, mainly for off-road vehicles, including mining equipment, trucks and train

•Mongolia’s leading transportation company, Ulaanbaatar Railway (UBTZ) announced that it is planning to convert diesel-fuelled trains to run on liquefied-petroleum gas (LPG) due to fluctuations in diesel fuel prices, and to also promote clean fuel