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Number of students drops 20,700 in past year

While population rises, the number of students in educational institutions of all types taken together fell 2.4 percent at the beginning of academic year 2009-2010 from the figure in the previous year. Excluding Mongolians studying abroad and those attending evening

GFMS predicts gold prices will go beyond last year’s

The price of gold this year will likely rise above 2009″s record of USD1,226/oz  and could even climb as high as USD1,300/oz if the global economic recovery proves sufficiently sluggish and new investment money continues to enter the market, according

Asashoryu in drinking assault claims

Japan”s sports minister has asked the Japan Sumo Association to investigate allegations that sumo grand champion Asashoryu assaulted a man during a late-night drinking session, according to an AP report carried in The Canadian Press. “The association is responsible for

German help in agriculture sector promised

During a recent visit to Germany, Minister of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry T.Badamjunai told Ms. Gudrun Kopp, Parliamentary State Secretary to the German Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development, that the Mongolian Parliament has identified agriculture as “a

USAID and 2 banks sign agreement on SME loans up to USD25 million

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Representative Chuck Howell, CEO of Xac Bank M. Bold,  and Deputy CEO of Khan Bank D. Batsaikhan recently signed an agreement  to support up to USD25 million in lending to small and medium enterprises

Slight rise in total outstanding loans

Mongolbank figures reveal that money supply (broad money or M2) increased to MNT2,880.0 billion at the end of December 2009, recording a rise of 6.1 percent over November 2009 and of 26.9 percent over December 2008. Currency in circulation was

Crude for Mongolia to be refined in Tianjin

The third meeting of the Mongolia-China working group has ended with agreements between the Director of the Ulaanbaatar Representative Office in Tianjin, J.Gankhuyag, and the deputy director of Dunziang free trading port, Yang Jun Chan, regarding use of the port.

MPs from both parties against privatization of Erdenet

Both the MPRP and DP groups in Parliament yesterday discussed the proposed state property privatization directions to remain in force until 2012. Both groups wanted the Erdenet factory kept out of the list of entities to be privatized, since it

Fifth US-Mongolia Business Forum in Orlando draws delegates

Several dozen delegates from Mongolia met with delegates from the United States at the recent Fifth U.S.-Mongolia Business Forum in Orlando to discuss how the two countries can better work together. Several speakers urged more U.S. companies to invest in

Australian mining juniors looking at Mongolia

Centuries after its “golden hordes” descended on most of central Asia Mongolia is discovering the reverse of what it was like then. This time around, the world”s mining community is descending on Mongolia, looking to take advantage of the tiny

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