Revising President
Ts.Elbegdorj’s decree imposing an indefinite ban on issue of all mining
licenses, Parliament suspended all such activity until December 1. Officials of
the Mineral Resources Authority have said they would have to resume issue of
licenses after that date if Parliament does

Mongolia plans to build
96 regional government centers with Canadian lumber and wood technology. Over
the past few years, the province of British Columbia has helped Mongolia adopt
its building code for wood-frame construction, train officials and inspectors,
and set up a Mongolian wood-frame

The Mongolian Employers’
Federation (MEF) recently organized a conference to mark the 20th anniversary
of the revival of the private sector in Mongolia. It honored 20 pioneering
enterprises and identified 50 new products to hit the market in recent years. Only
about 35,000 of

Harumafuji has injured his right shoulder and may have to
miss the next basho beginning November 14. If, however, his injury heals in
time, and he does well, there is a chance for him to be promoted from his
current ozuki rank to

Tarrell Estit Ltd of Russia has offered to build a
garbage processing factory here and has assured Mayor G.Munkhbayar that the
energy to be generated will be enough to meet the heating needs of ger
districts. The company’s Executive Director, Tatyana Serpkova, says
construction

The
first trainload of coal from the Mongolian Gobi left on Thursday on a trial run
all the way from Choir to the Vostochny port in Russia.  The coal will first go to Naushki, 638 km
from Choir, where Russian Railway will take

Korea Elevator Safety Institute (KESI) President Kim
Nam-deuk held a meeting with Ya. Sodbaatar, director of the State Specialized
Inspection Agency of Mongolia, last week in Seoul to further bolster
collaboration between the two countries in the realm of elevator technology. During
the meeting

President Ts. Elbegdorj received representatives of the World Bank led
by Mr.Klaus Rohland, Regional Director in Charge of Mongolia, and Ms. Coralie
Gevers, new Country Manager and Resident Representative, yesterday.
The President said, “The World Bank has assisted Mongolia a lot. The

Parliament yesterday began the
first reading of the draft combined budget 2011, which includes the State
budget, the Social Insurance Fund budget, the Human Development Fund (HDF) budget,
and the local budget. The total income has been put at MNT3 trillion and 56.9
billion,

Victory
Square in front of Tengis Cinema has got a new look and a new name.  The Civil Representatives Assembly has changed
its name to Independence Square, as suggested by Mayor G.Munkhbayar.
The square is where soldiers led by General D.Sukhbaatar were