The
number of non-governmental organizations (NGO) in the environment field has
gone up from 312 five years ago to 500. The growth has been simultaneous with
the expansion in mining in the last few years. A recent workshop emphasized the
need to continue with
Unitel
Corporation (Unitel), one of the four mobile operators in Mongolia, has become
a 100% Mongolian-owned company, following its Mongolian shareholders acquiring
the shares owned by their Korean partners after long discussion. MCS Group owns the majority shares in Unitel
and BSB Telecom the
John
Ross Davies, who works for Major Drilling Group International Inc., was made an
honorary geologist of Mongolia in a recent ceremony for his contribution to the
country”s burgeoning mining industry. The award was approved and signed by D.
Zorigt, the minister of mineral
Small
start-up businesses in South Gobi and Ulaanbaatar recently overcame a number of
obstacles to deliver an Oyutolgoi order for more than 1,000 winter jackets.
Their success demonstrated their commitment and initiative. In order to meet
the deadline, they had to vary their work
The
country’s first cheese factory according to European standards, Siryak Co. Ltd.,
has been set up. The factory of this joint venture between Mongolian, French
and Italian entrepreneurs is in the Shar Xolai area of Gachuurt, 35 km from the
city. The company will
A painting by D.Badam named “Summer at the White Stupa”
has been given as present to the
Hermitage Museum, St.Petersburg, by Prime Minister S.Batbold. It will be only
the second Mongolian painting there, after “Kherlen” by Ts.Budbazar which the
Hermitage obtained 50 years ago.
Badam
A doctor at the
National Trauma Center, T.Bat-Erdene, has said at least 10 people have their
limbs frozen daily frozen from exposure to cold. They include homeless people
and also others too drunk to go home. Many of the latter are under 25,
The Meteorology Institute says snow now covers 70% of the
territory and some soums of Bayan-Ulgii, Uvs, Zavkhan, Khuvsgul, Arkhangai,
Uvurkhangai, Bulgan, Selenge, Dundgobi, Khentii, Dornod and Sukhbaatar aimags
are under 10 and 45 cm of snow. Some 20% of territory has snow
The
unwritten law that the poverty is reduced if the economy grows does not seem to
hold true in Mongolia. Why is this so? A World Bank
report on the puzzle was yesterday released by the Bank’s economists
Andrew D Meson and Tran B
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