There are four days to go before the world”s athletes take to the slopes and rinks at the Vancouver Winter Olympics, but the world”s artists are already drawing crowds to the Cultural Olympiad, which opened January 22 and runs to

Minister for Minerals and Energy D.Zorigt speaks about the Tavantolgoi deposit.
PM S.Batbold has said the Tavantolgoi license will be fully owned by the State and investors will be given contract mining rights. How exactly will this be possible?
The license is

Former President N.Enkhbayar, who heads an NGO called Countryside Development Center, is visiting the countryside with a team to meet herders and other citizens in areas badly hit by the severe winter. They plan to cover more than 2,000 km

DNA extracted from the bones of a skeleton in one of more than 200 tombs recently excavated at a 2,000-year-old cemetery in western Mongolia identifies him as a descendant of Europeans or western Asians or north Indians. That he was

The Mongolian Government has canceled the auction of an estimated USD2-billion stake in the Tavantolgoi deposit, one of the world’s largest undeveloped coal deposits, ending hopes of global mining giants eager for a slice of the project, sources said.
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The Oyuolgoi investment agreement, signed on October 6, will take full effect on April 6 when operations will formally begin. Ivanhoe Mines Mongolia Inc (IMMC) has already been renamed Oyutolgoi LC. 
The investor’s technical and economic estimates were sent back

Minister for Education, Culture and Science Yo.Otgonbayar has sent a letter to UNESCO about issues that are troubling the minds of Mongolian people. In his letter, the Minister said the Mongolian Government regrets the way objects of Mongolian national culture

Altogether 396 policemen injured during the July 1 incident have received MNT 442.5 million as compensation. The individual amounts paid depend on the nature and extent of the injury and vary between 3 and 36 times their monthly salary.
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The concession law, approved by Parliament last month, will come into effect on March 1. MP Ts.Munkh-Orgil (MPRP), a member of the working group to draft the law, MPs S.Byambatsogt (MPRP) and D.Odkhuu (DP), and G.Bailishuu, adviser in the Government

Parliament yesterday approved B.Javkhlan as first vice president of Mongolbank by 93.9 percent votes and also N.Zorjargal as vice president by 87.2 percent. Earlier, Mongolbank President L.Purevdorj had submitted the names for approval. The new appointments take effect from February