Australian miner Rio Tinto has been forced to slash forecasts for the amount of copper it hopes to extract in the expansion of Mongolia’s giant Oyu Tolgoi mine after redrawing the design plans due to rock instability risks.

Rio Tinto’s updated

Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Friday that the Communist Party of China (CPC) is willing to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with the Mongolian People’s Party (MPP) at all levels and in all fields to lead the China-Mongolia comprehensive strategic

Peacekeepers from Mongolia serving with UNMISS in South Sudan used their engineering expertise to renovate the Abienmom Hospital which was in disrepair after years of war.

They repaired and painted walls, fixed the electricity supply and extended the cabling system so

Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd said on Thursday (2 July) that it has decided to defer further discussions on any interim funding arrangements with Rio Tinto for its Mongolian copper project.

The Mongolian state owns 34% in the Oyu Tolgoi copper project,

The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) in cooperation with the Mongolian Agricultural University Faculty of Animal Husbandry and Biotechnology has been implementing a multi-faceted  agricultural project in the country.

As part of the Support to Animal Feed Plant Growing Project,

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has been active in Mongolia for 14 years and has supported over 100 projects to help the nation. The bank has announced a three-fold support package for Erdenet, Mongolia’s second-largest municipality:

EBRD

The Bayanburd Traffic Circle and road to III and IV District of Ulaanbaatar will be closed for three nights from today (3 July) until Monday (6 July). The road will be closed only at night-time between 11.00 p.m. and 06.00

Some 450 people, who came from the Selenge province, are today demonstrating outside the Sukhbaatar District Court of Ulaanbaatar for the second day demanding the release of former Prime Minister J.Erdenebat. The demonstrators, who are from the 17 soums and

The traditional Naadam Festival will take place at the XIII Century Complex, 90 km east of Ulaanbaatar. The impressive site is owned by Genco Tour. According to B.Baatar, director of Hero Entertainment, the traditional festival of the so-called ‘three manly

Eight Mongolian children who received surgery through the Children’s Heart Project have returned home. The Boone-based Christian relief organisation is flying the children, their parents and translators on their own DC-8 aircraft. The plane landed in Mongolia on Thursday.

Samaritan’s Purse