Rio Tinto PLC”s massive
Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold project in Mongolia is nearing completion and
remains on track for commercial production next year, with the cost for the
first phase of development expected to come in as expected at US$6.2 billion,
the mining

The opening ceremony of 22nd FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship will held today
in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The championship will run on August 17-26. 16 teams
divided in four groups.

Group A: China, Hong Kong, India, Lebanon

Group B: South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Syria

Group C:

According to the “Doctors Without Border” of Germany tooth
disease among Mongolian children are in dangerous condition. The “Doctors Without
Border” of Germany have had annual treatment in rural areas Mongolia since
2007. Since 2007 German doctors have visited 15 province of Mongolia

In the first 7 months of 2012, 42559 mothers
delivered 36129 children (live births) increased by 2713 mothers, and 2723
children or 6.8 percent respectively, compared to same period of the previous
year. In the first 7 months of 2012, at national level

Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo will pay visit to
Mongolia on August 22-25. His a first high level delegation after the
parliamentary election.

Mr. Dai Bingguo will met with the President Tsakhia Elbegdorj, the
Speaker Zandaakhuu Elbegdorj and the Prime Minister Norov Altankhuyag.

Toronto-listed Turquoise Hill Resources (THR) on Monday said it had
appointed Charles Lenegan and Jeffery Tygesen
to its board of directors.

The appointment of Tygesen, who currently serves as VP copper development at
majority shareholder Rio Tinto, strengthened Rio Tinto’s influence within the
company. Lenegan

Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj said Tuesday that his
country attached great significance to the upcoming meeting of the Non-Aligned
Movement slated for August 26-31 in Tehran, Iran.

Elbegdorj made the remarks in a meeting in Mongolia”s capital
city of Ulaanbaatar with the visiting Iranian

Starting just over two decades ago, tens of thousands of citizens started
leaving Mongolia amid a wrenching economic transition from a planned-economy to
a free market. Now, with the Mongolian economy poised to boom, many émigrés are
wrestling with a dilemma – whether

Mongolia-focused coal miner SouthGobi Resources Ltd (SGQ.TO)
(1878.HK)
said on Tuesday that it expects China”s state-controlled Chalco (2600.HK)
to drop its $926 million takeover bid in the face of opposition from the
Mongolian government.

The proposed deal has the backing of
SouthGobi”s majority shareholder, Turquoise Hill

In the first 7 months of 2012, 2573 disasters and accidents
occurred. As a result, 143 people died, 7.9 thous.livestock and animals had
lost. There were 2235 structure fires, 155 forest fires and wildfires, 53
accidental drowning and submersion incidents, 27 animal madness