The
National Development and Innovation Committee recently reviewed what the
Standards and Measures Office has done so far to implement the Government’s
plans for business environment reform in 2010. There are 5,500 national
standards in Mongolia at present, half the number in 1995. Of

The
Foreign Investment and Foreign Trade Agency of Mongolia, The Mongolian Chamber
of Commerce and Industry, the Mongolian Stock Exchange, and the Mongolian
Employers Federation recently signed an agreement to cooperate in programs to
help implement the Government”s avowed intention to make 2010  the

The
National Council of Vocational Education and Training recently met to approve
the procedures to elect members of provincial sub councils, and to identify
measures to facilitate cooperation among TVET, labor organizations, and NCVET’s
provincial, industrial and service sub councils. The meeting also discussed
suggestions

Centerra
Gold Inc. has issued a statement further clarifying the status of its Mongolian
licenses, in particular, the principal Gatsuurt hardrock mining license which
is not on the list of alluvial licenses to be revoked.

In
July 2009, the Mongolian Parliament enacted legislation that

Voyager
Resources Ltd. has announced its 100% acquisition of Khongor Copper-Gold Porphyry
Project located in the Oyutolgoi copper belt in South Gobi province. A drilling
rig is being mobilized to commence drilling.

Rio Tinto’s copper division
head Andrew Harding has said that Oyutolgoi was on track to launch in late
2012, ahead of the so far estimated 2013. In the third quarter this year, Rio
produced a record amount of iron ore, but copper output

At the outset of the DP
Executive Council meeting yesterday, Chairman N.Altankhuyag congratulated
members on the 10th anniversary of five political parties coming together to
form the Democratic Party. The council then got down to business.  

It appointed two working
groups, one to give

Our journalist talks to MP
N.Batbayar about the ongoing controversy over the Oyutolgoi agreement and the
percentage of Mongolian shareholding in the project.  

What
are your demands?           
The provisions of the shareholders’ agreements are not in Mongolia‘s interests and
we want them changed.

Ulaanbaatar has been
growing in recent years without any proper urban planning. With increasing
demand for accommodation from well-to-do individuals, any number of apartments have
been built and sold, but there has been no corresponding increase in the number
of schools, kindergartens and hospitals

The Executive
Council of the Mongolia-Russia joint venture Mongolrostsvetmet will meet in
Moscow on December 13, for the first time since May. The most significant issue
on the agenda is likely to be the Asgat silver deposit which has 3,000 tons
of  reserve. Mining