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Fitch raises ratings for Khan Bank and XacBank

Rating
agency Fitch has announced that it has affirmed long-term foreign and local
currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) for Khan Bank and XacBank at B, with
positive and stable outlooks respectively, each up from previous negative
outlooks, according to Eurasia Capital. Fitch affirmed both

Mongolia Energy hopes to produce 2 million tons of coal in 2011

James Schaeffer, CEO of Mongolia Energy Corp., has said the
company aims to produce between 2 million and 2.5 million tons of raw coal in
2011 from its colliery in western Mongolia. Next January, the firm”s monthly
coal output capacity is expected to

Committee approves agricultural market draft, with questions

The Standing Committee on Food and Agriculture yesterday approved
the law draft to set up an agricultural raw material exchange and will now
submit it to Parliament for approval. Some MPs, including E.Bat-Uul and
Ts.Bayarsaikhan, felt the draft was incomplete and wanted clearer

MPP hiding documents: Shinebayar

MP Ts.Shinebayar has said he will soon seek court help in reclaiming the
old name of the MPRP. His lawyers will present archival evidence to support his
claim and he has charged managing officials of the MPP with making such
documents unavailable.

Protesting DP members want party chief to resign

DP members who are calling for a Special Assembly of the party and have signed
an agreement on this with DP Secretary-General D.Erdenebat have demanded the resignation
of the party Chairman, N.Altankhuyag, by January 11, failing which they would
adopt stronger measures of

“MPRP” to hold special assembly

Sections of the  MPRP which have not accepted the change of the
party’s name to MPP and continue to run their party from “the MPRP headquarters”
 have announced plans to hold a special
assembly, without giving any date. The manager of the headquarters,

China, Mongolia eye closer cooperation on law enforcement

China and Mongolia have vowed to step up cooperation on law enforcement
to safeguard security in border area, after a meeting in Beijing between
Chinese State Councillor Meng Jianzhu, who also serves as Chinese Public
Security Minister, and visiting secretary-general of Mongolia”s National
Security

Ivanhoe to spend USD2.3 billion on Oyutolgoi in 2011

Tobert Friedland, Executive Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer of Ivanhoe Mines, and John Macken, President,
announced today that a USD2.3-billion capital budget has been approved for 2011
in what will be the peak year of construction activity on the first phase of
the Oyutolgoi

Demberel opens film festival in Kolkata

Inaugurating the second Mongolian
film festival at the state-run film complex Nandan during his visit to Kolkata,
earlier known as Calcutta, Mongolian Parliament Speaker D. Demberei said
Bollywood actors are immensely popular in Mongolia, which shows that cinema
surpasses language and borders.
“The Mongolian people

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