Representatives
of road and bridge construction companies have told a press conference that
with prices of raw materials rising, it now takes MNT475 million to construct 1
km of a 3-level paved road, using asphalt and concrete, and MNT14 million per
meter for bridges..
The economic crisis hit the
construction sector hardest. Work on 396 buildings came to a halt, and 29,700
families who had paid for apartments were left to wait, with no return on their
investment. Some construction was resumed last year and 2,432 apartments
President Ts.
Elbegorj Tsahia told visiting Japanese Foreign Minister K. Okada on
Monday that maintaining good bilateral relations was a priority of Mongolia’s foreign
policy. He also thanked Japan for its grants and aid that have helped
significantly in Mongolia’s development.
The President expressed the
Visiting Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya
Okada yesterday called on Prime Minister S. Batbold to discuss the state of
bilateral relations. Batbold thanked Japan’s support to Mongolia in its
transition to a market economy and suggested a comprehensive economic
cooperation program to strengthen ties. This
The Emergency Commission’s meeting on August
30 reviewed reports on cases of foot and mouth disease in sheep and goats and
avian influenza in the country. An area in Sukhbaatar province, where 16
herders have 12,560 animals is being watched, as 734 of
Following a report from experts who had
checked conditions in the poultry farm Nionsheli in Khan-Uul district of
Ulaanbaatar on August 28, the Emergency Commission met yesterday to discuss
measures needed to be taken to prevent the spread of an infection from birds
The State Special Inspection Agency recently made a
detailed study over six weeks of how mining license holding companies complied
with rules and regulations, especially as related to environmental protection
and reclamation, the land law, and the water law. The exercise was undertaken
on
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