Ivanhoe Mines founder and chairman Robert Friedland has blasted the Dow Jones news agency for its recent report that he would be selling his 23% stake in the company – possibly to an unnamed Chinese sovereign wealth fund. Part of
Khan Resources has announced that the legal counsel in Mongolia representing the joint venture company Central Asia Uranium Corporation Limited (CAUC) has said that a settlement has been reached with the Mineral Resources Authority of Mongolia whereby the suspension of
Yokozuna Asashoryu claimed his 25th Emperor’s Cup as he won the first basho of the year by defeating compatriot Harumafuji. This was his first title since the fall tournament in 2009.
Asashoryu sent Harumafuji sprawling to the dirt surface with an
The latest Mongolia Mining Report says changes made recently to the Mineral Law (1997), in particular the repealing of the 68% windfall tax, have opened up the market for foreign investment in Mongolia. The current government concedes that Mongolia has
President Ts.Elbegdorj, Prime Minister S.Batbold and Deputy Speaker of Parliament N.Enkhbold separately received on Thursday A.V.Gordeev, Governor of Voronej Region of the Russian Federation and the Russian President”s special envoy in charge of promoting cooperation with Mongolia in trade, economic
The draft protocol on privatization of state property between 2010 and 2012, discussed by Parliament on Thursday, says, according to Head of Government Office Ch.Khurelbaatar, that public companies and joint ventures based on Mongolian strategic deposits will be established and
UN human rights chief Navi Pillay has hailed the move by President Ts. Elbegdorj to introduce a moratorium on the death penalty, saying that it sets a “leadership example in Asia”. Ms. Pillay, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights,
The recent World Health Organization (WHO) decision to provide Mongolia with swine flu vaccines has made it the first of 95 developing nations that will be sent the H1N1 vaccines over the coming months, Ms. Nyka Alexander, a WHO spokeswoman,
More information is now available about the “navel infection” among infants which has led to the First Maternity Hospital being closed for two weeks starting Wednesday. Specialists have reached a preliminary conclusion that the infection was not in the navel
With its chairman S.Bayar unable to lead it with the required energy and vigor, having to spend time abroad for medical treatment, the MPRP is today a headless body. He took over as party head in late October 2007. He
