The Government yesterday approved the list of organizations that will be privatized in 2010. The Government Property Bureau, which is responsible for implementing the work, has been given the added task, together with Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy D.Zorigt,  of devising proper methods to let the Government take control of its shares in strategic mines. The bureau has also been asked to submit by the third quarter of 2010 a report on how to trade some such shares in domestic and foreign stock exchanges.

The companies to be privatized or restructured include Baganuur LC, Thermal Power Station-3, Erdenet Thermal Power Station, UB Power Distributing Network, Mongolian Stock Exchange, Erdene Zam, Mongolian Telecom, Autoimpex, Ulaabaatar Road Repair and Care, Khutul Cement and Lime.