Feb. 13 – The extensive cross-country railway capable of delivering Mongolia’s swelling coal output to South Korean and Japanese markets through Russian territory originally scheduled to start last year is not likely to begin before 2017, the country’s railway authority told reporters. The funds required to finance a series of feasibility studies and project designs (around US$50 million), drawn up last year when the decision to quadruple the country’s rail network was made, remain on paper.