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ADB: Mongolian economy to see expansion of 4.6 percent

On Wednesday, Sep. 22 the Asian Development Bank (ADB) stated that the Mongolian GDP is projected to expand 4.6 percent this year on the back of constant economic recovery.

The most recent expansion estimate is marginally lower than the 4.8 percent

90 megawatt hydropower plant to be constructed on Khovd River

Mongolia will build a hydropower plant in the western part of the country.

The Erdeneburen hydropower plant on Khovd River  will be constructed in the coming five years, with a soft loan from the Chinese government.

The 90-megawatt hydropower plant is considered

Despite rich renewable energy resources, Mongolia challenging to electrify

Despite Mongolia’s rich renewable energy resources, some hard-to-abate sectors are technically challenging to electrify, and other decarbonization options needs to be considered. The climatic conditions in Mongolia, particularly in the South Gobi region, provides the country with favorable conditions for

Mongolia’s coal export to China soars

The steady decline in Mongolia’s exports of coal for all uses since June ended last month, with August exports soaring by 61.4% on month to 1 million tonnes, thanks to the recovery of truck transportation through key checkpoints on the

The MSE Top 20 Index gains almost 130% in 2021

The MSE Top 20 Index, which tracks the biggest companies in the planet’s most sparsely populated country, has gained almost 130% in 2021, by far the best performance among the primary equity indexes tracked by Bloomberg.

The gains are reminiscent of

The Mongolian government demands more transparency from Rio Tinto

The Mongolian government has demanded “more transparency, more visibility” from Rio Tinto over the Oyu Tolgoi copper mine, following an independent review that last month blamed management failures for missed deadlines and cost blowouts.

Mongolian ministers and officials are in London

China faces shortages as Mongolian coking coal delivery disrupted

China is seen falling short of 50 million tonnes of metallurgical coal in 2021 amid rising domestic coking output capacity, sources said 15 September.

In 2021, the country is seen retiring 28.92 million tonnes of old coking output capacity, and adding