The Government said on Thursday it has shortlisted three
bidders from a list of six vying to develop the Tavantolgoi coal mine and will
announce the winners within the next few days. It did not give the names
of the bidders who have been

Prophecy Coal Corp. announced
on Thursday it has exported a shipment of 650 tonnes of thermal coal, which is
the equivalent of ten wagons, from the company”s Ulaan Ovoo mine in Mongolia.
The coal was loaded on to rail at Sukhbataar rail station

Wednesday’s
Government meeting decided that  July 9
and 10 will be working days and afterwards the Naadam holidays will cover July
14 and 15. The period also marks the 90th anniversary of the People’s
Revolution and the 805th anniversary of the Great Mongol State.

A
Folk Art Festival was opened on Wednesday at Sukhbaatar Square in the presence
of First Deputy Prime Minister N.Altankhuyag, Speaker D.Demberel and other
senior officials. Artistes from 10 aimags including Bayan-Ulgii, Bulgan and
Arkhangai are taking part in the festival that will continue

A proposal by the Mehr News Agency
of Iran to establish an OANA training center was welcomed by a majority of
participants at OANA meeting in Ulaanbaatar on Wednesday. MNA also announced
its readiness to host the first and second training courses in

President
Viktor Yanukovych has said visiting President Ts. Elbegdorj has offered to let
Ukraine engage in coking coal mining in Mongolia. “Our experts will soon go to
Mongolia to examine the issues related to the methods of mining, the quality of
the coal, and,

Water sources in the country are identified and counted
every four years, and 801 citizens divided into 48 teams have been engaged in
the work since May 15.  The Ministry of
Nature, Environment and Tourism and the Water Board are jointly responsible for
the

The Chief of the Standing Committee on State Structure
and also a member of the special team on the draft law on election,
J.Sukhbaatar, has said that MPs from DP and MMP have met several times to
hammer out an agreement on the

The Mongolia-Russia
intergovernmental commission is meeting in Ulaan-Ud city of Buriatia from June
29 to July 1. Yesterday’s meeting discussed fuel supply and the letter from
Rosneft LLC to the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy of Mongolia.

Mongolia had a 1-0 home win over
Myanmar on Wednesday in the first leg of their 2014 World Cup qualifier.
Tsend-Ayush Khurelbataar scored the sole goal in the 48th minute to give
Mongolia a narrow advantage heading into Sunday”s second leg in Yangon.

The overall winner