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Winter festivals in Mongolia in February

With the weather set to be stable next month, we’ve compiled information on local, national, and international festivals you can visit over the weekend in Mongolia.

Judokas leave for Germany

A 23-member national judo team has left for Germany to take part in the World Cup competitions to be held in Dusseldorf on February 19-20. Its members are: Men’s team — Ch.Boldbaatar and G.Boldbaatar (60-kg); Kh.Tsagaanbaatar and B.Khishigbayar (66-kg); G.Odbayar

Mongolian coal to be in more demand, to cost more

Global investment banking and financial services giant Goldman Sachs believes extensive flooding in Queensland may curb Australian coking coal exports (Australia is the largest exporter of coking coal in the world), and boost demand for alternative sources of coking coal, including Mongolian. Goldman

Minister asked to draft amendments to law on oil products

Mineral Resources and Energy Minister D.Zorigt has been instructed by the Government to draft amendments to the law on oil products, and to prepare a new state policy for the oil sector, to be in force until 2015. He has

Reward for rescue workers

The Government will spend MNT194 million 357,000 from its reserve fund to pay for assignment related expenses incurred by rescue services personnel for their work in disaster areas in the second half of 2010 and also as reward for their

Erdenes MGL to start exporting coal this month

B.Enebish, Executive Director of Erdenes MGL which operates a small part of the Tavantolgoi deposit, has said that all arrangements are now in place to export coal from there to both Russia and China from this month. Shafts have been

MCS Holding named Organization with Best Management

The Mongolian Management Association has named MCS Holding the Organization with the Best Management in the country in 2010. Apart from selecting several such awardees every year the Association also popularizes modern management concepts through meetings and seminars and helps

Tavantolgoi shares likely before Naadam

Our reporter talks to State Property Committee Chief D.Sugar on issues relating to Tavantolgoi shares.     When will citizens receive their shares?    I think the shares would be distributed before Naadam. Two things have to be done before that. First,

PM has ambitious plans on uranium

Prime Minister S. Batbold has said that Mongolia plans to commence uranium exploration by 2012. “With nearly one million tons of reasonably assured reserve of uranium, we need to speed up production to make uranium the most ambitious mining project

New judges appointed

The Judges’ Council, comprising Supreme Court judges and Judges General of aimags and Ulaanbaatar city, yesterday finalized new appointments to the General Council of Courts. B.Sarantuya was appointed Head of Criminal Cases Chamber of Ulaanbaatar city; P.Batsaikhan, the Judge General

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