Despite repeated Government reassurances and several
projects and programs the Air Quality Office says air pollution has not been reduced. The stoves in 170,000 ger
district households are blamed for 50% of the air pollution in Ulaanbaatar,
while emission from 140,000 motor vehicles
Ch. Khashchuluun, head of the National Development and
Innovation Committee, has said selection of an internationally renowned
management team for the Development Bank would begin after the last date for receiving
bids on November 23. Since expansion of the mining and mineral resources
A citizens’ association
claiming that the Concession Law violates the Constitution has petitioned the
Constitutional Court to repeal it. They have cited two major instances of how
the law is against specific provisions of the Constitution.
They contend that Parliament has transferred its authority
Mongolian Mining Corp, Mongolia”s largest privately-held
domestic producer and exporter of coking coal, has raised USD650 million by
pricing its Hong Kong initial public offering at the middle of an indicative
range. Mongolian Mining , whose Ukhaa
Ukudag (UHG) mine is roughly 245 km
Reminiscing
about how the land has changed, 40-year-old Bayanmunkh, riding slowly behind
his herd of close to 2,000 animals across Mongolia”s arid plains, told CNN,
“Life has become much harder today. Nature is not what it was 10 years
ago; there is more and
Japan, the world’s biggest
importer of rare earths, plans to send a study group to Mongolia this month as
the nation tries to diversify its supply sources. The Ministry of Economy,
Trade and Industry will send a group in mid-October to study rare-earth
deposits
Banks account for 95.6% of the capital market in Mongolia,
with the stock exchange, saving and loan cooperatives, and insurance companies together
making up the remaining 4.4%. The insurance sector occupies only 0.9% space. So
far this year, commercial banks’ transactions have reached
The National Statistical Office has announced the population
and apartment census will begin between October 11 and 18 in different parts of
the country. A preliminary census started yesterday in Ulaanbaatar city, and in
Orkhon and Darkhan-Uul aimags. It will start in the
The Secretary-General of the MPRP, U.Khurelsukh, and a member
of the MPRP Managing Council, U.Barsbold, have said that 1,605 of the
party’s1,626 primary organizations have
met and elected their delegates to the General Assembly to be held in
Ulaanbaatar on November 5. The remaining
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