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Mongolia Mining and Winsway join two Hong Kong indexes

Mongolia
Mining Corp. and Winsway Coking Coal Holdings have been added to both the
MonBiz Mongolia Index and MonBiz Hong Kong Index after their recent IPOs in
Hong Kong, says Eurasia Capital. The two companies add USD5.6 billion in market
capitalization value to each

Manas Petroleum begins seismic operations on two Blocks

Manas
Petroleum Corporation has announced the start-up of seismic operations on
Blocks XIII and XIV in Mongolia as planned for the year 2010, and is
anticipated to be completed by November. All operating licenses and permits
have been received and the contractor”s personnel and

Peabody plans to apply tested model to its Mongolian coal fields

Peabody
Energy is eyeing its newly acquired coal field in Mongolia near the northern
Chinese border to apply the Powder River Basin model, regarded as the most
prolific coal mining model in the industry to date.  Some 14 active coal mines extract more

Ulaanbaatar appellate court rules in favor of Khan Resources

Khan Resources Inc, which is caught in a legal tangle
with Mongolian authorities over its uranium mining licenses in the country, has
received another court ruling in its favor, sending its shares up 23 percent.
On Wednesday, the Ulaanbaatar appellate court upheld a

President’s suggestions to MPs on budget provisions

President Ts. Elbegdorj has sent a list of suggestion for
MPs to consider when Parliament discusses the draft budget for next year. It
includes the following.

1.    -To
approve the reforms proposed in the draft, aiming to give more financial power
to local governments;

2.  

Chinese help in urban renewal sought

At a meeting on Monday, Ulaanbaatar Mayor G.Monkhbayar and
Chinese Ambassador Yu Hongyao discussed ways in which China can help Mongolia,
particularly the capital city, in urban greening and environmental
rehabilitation.
Ulaanbaatar plans to set up a 670-hectare park and sought the help

TV, radio to be brought under regulatory guidelines

The Government has entrusted the Committee on
Telecommunications to prepare by the first quarter of 2011 regulatory
guidelines for TV and radio journalism. The need for state regulation was felt
as both media are powerful instruments to influence social behavior and are liable
to

UNFPA stresses need to involve women in combating disasters

When women have
access to the same rights and opportunities as men, they are more resilient to
conflict and disaster and can lead reconstruction and renewal efforts in their
societies, according to The State of World
Population 2010, released on October 27 by the

President accepts resignation of Judge-General of Supreme Court

President
Ts.Elbegdorj has accepted the request for resignation submitted yesterday by
the Judge-General of the Supreme Court, S.Batdelger.

The
Court has 17 judges, including the Judge-General. By law the other 16 judges
now have to choose a new Judge-General and submit their nomination to

PM receives high-level Russian team

A
Russian delegation led by V.G.Maleyev, head of the Russia-Mongolia
parliamentary group at the Russian Duma and also deputy head of the Committee
for Ecology and Natural Resource Exploitation, called on Prime Minister
S.Batbold earlier this week to exchange views on increasing  bilateral trade,

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