Finance Minister S.Bayartsogt said that on March 25 the Professional Mineral Council added a further 5.7 million tons to the initial 25.3 million tons of copper reserve at Oyutolgoi registered on July 1, 2009. This takes the total reserve in the

The Government has launched an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) database project, where more than 3,000 ‘detailed’ EIAs have already been scanned and digitized. The World Bank funds the project.
Nearly 100 people were employed on this project, most tasked with

Recently released official figures reveal 182,506 Mongolians are employed in foreign countries, whilst 9,550 are there as students. An overwhelming majority of 90,000 of them are in Kazakhstan, with 46,000 holding dual citizenship. The second most popular destination for immigrant

A total of 17 projects received total investment grants of more than USD1,200,000 at a recent ceremony organized by the Millennium Challenge Account-Mongolia (MCA-M) Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Project. Of these nine were in the field of

Altogether 172,700 people received social welfare pensions and other benefits totaling MNT7.9 billion in the first 2 months of 2010, while the number of those contributing to social insurance stood at 353,300. Of them, 59.0 per cent worked for privately

A former Prime Minister, and founder of the National New Party,  M.Enkhsaikhan, answers questions on the current political scene.
The Mineral Council approved the feasibility study of Oyutolgoi last Thursday. Coinciding with this, there was information that a Rio Tinto official

The 69th yokozuna and the second from Mongolia, Hakuho, won the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament with a perfect 15-0 record on Sunday. He needed a win over fellow Mongolian Harumafuji to stave off a championship playoff against Estonian sekiwake Baruto

N.Batbayar, one of the MPs who have demanded that the Parliament Speaker resolve several issues before work on implementing the Oyutolgoi agreement can begin, answers questions on their move.
Do you expect any action on your demand?
All disputes must be

Several MPs have submitted a protocol to Speaker D.Demberel asking him to ensure that decisions already taken by Parliament are followed before implementation of the Oyu Tolgoi agreement can start on April 6. The signatories to the protocol are led

A decision on the widely expected dissolution of Anod Bank has once again been postponed, leaving the bank in business even after March. The Central Bank appointed a Receiver there last November and according to rules, he was to submit