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Will Mongolia benefit from Oyu Tolgoi? – GIS reports
After a bitter dispute over the financial arrangements, Mongolia and Rio Tinto are finally moving forward with the exploitation of the underground mine of Oyu Tolgoi. ... -
World News | Outrage continues over arrest of anti-China activist in Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar [Mongolia]March 6 (ANI): The recent arrest of a prominent anti-China activist in Mongolia has raised questions about whether the Chinese border region is heading towards ... -
Outrage continues over arrest of anti-China activist in Mongolia
NNA | Update: March 06, 2022 03:16 STI Ulaanbaatar [Mongolia]March 6 (ANI): The recent arrest of a prominent anti-A Chinese activist in Mongolia asked whether the ... -
Mongolia and Japan celebrate 50 years of diplomatic relations – The Diplomat
Advertising February 24 marked the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Mongolia and Japan. Beyond the Japan-Mongolia strategic partnership in the political and ... -
Prominent anti-China activist arrested in Mongolia
Published on: 02/22/2022 – 10:32 Ulaanbaatar (AFP) – A prominent anti-China activist has been arrested in Mongolia, part of what activists said is a wider effort ... -
Mongolia reopens for all vaccinated travelers after 2 years of border lockdown
Share the article Last update There are 3 minutes A rising destination among more adventurous travelers traveling through East Asia, Mongolia has finally has reopened its ... -
Mongolia reopens its borders to vaccinated travelers » Capital News
Ulaanbaatar (AFP), February 15 – Mongolia has reopened its borders to fully vaccinated international travelers, state media reported, reversing coronavirus restrictions that had kept the country ... -
On the verge of a mineral miracle
Between the vast expanses of Siberia and the vast Gobi Desert lies Mongolia, the least populated country in the world. Over the past 50 years, this ... -
Mongolia now has record number of female ambassadors – The Diplomat
Advertising Last year, Mongolia celebrated its 110th anniversary as an independent country. Along with this, modern Mongolia has notched up 110 years of national diplomacy. Amid ... -
China and Mongolia hold award ceremony to celebrate Beijing 2022
Photo: Courtesy of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee China and Mongolia on Thursday held an online award ceremony for an arts and works ... -
Rio Tinto begins underground work at a vast copper mine in Mongolia (official media)
Published on: 01/26/2022 – 07:44Amended: 01/26/2022 – 07:42 Ulaanbaatar (AFP) – Underground operations have finally started at a copper mine in Mongolia, state media reported, ending ... -
Rio Tinto strikes deals to end copper stalemate in Mongolia
ADELAIDE, Australia—Rio Tinto RIO -0.96% PLC has renegotiated agreements with the Mongolian government to advance a delayed and costly expansion of the Oyu Tolgoi copper mine, ... -
Rio Tinto strikes deals to break copper impasse in Mongolia
Mongolia, Rio Tinto and Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd., the Toronto-listed Rio Tinto-controlled company that owns most of Oyu Tolgoi’s operation, have been battling for years over ... -
Rio Tinto strikes deal for ‘full reset’ in Mongolia mining dispute
Rio Tinto’s Oyu Tolgoi expansion is seen as one of its most significant growth projects and a key part of its ambition to diversify away from ... -
Rio Tinto and Mongolia settle dispute over Oyu Tolgoi copper mine
An employee looks at the Oyu Tolgoi mine in Mongolia’s South Gobi region June 23, 2012. REUTERS/David Stanway/File Photo Join now for FREE unlimited access to ... -
Mongolia suffers from China’s zero Covid policy
Food shortages, inflation, hundreds of thousands of people with no income and thousands of shipping containers stuck at the border, not to mention the increase in ... -
Mongolia: how a small landlocked country coped with the pandemic
“The policy of the Mongolian government is now very clear. We’ve been through a lot of tough times and we don’t want to go through that ... -
bne IntelliNews – Mongolian environment minister sacked for failing to resolve Ulaanbaatar air pollution dilemma
Urtnasan Nyamjav, Mongolia’s environment minister, is the latest politician to be caught out over Ulaanbaatar’s serious winter air pollution problem. This week, Prime Minister Oyun-Erdene Luvsannamsrai ... -
Another pandemic year, another election for Mongolia
Author: Julian Dierkes, UBC Thanks to a cabinet change and a presidential election, the Mongolian People’s Party (MPP) consolidated its dominance in 2021. Consistently high COVID-19 ... -
Meet the Mongolian Eagle Hunters
“My deepest gratitude to the Mongolian people. I bring back wonderful memories of your nation, a land that is our spiritual neighbour” – this is how ... -
Mongolia’s path to democratic revolution – The Diplomat
Advertising It is December 10, 1989. A Mongolian group sings “The Sound of a Bell” in Sukhbaatar Square – symbolically waking up the Mongolian people and ... -
Rio offers to cancel Mongolia’s debt to advance Oyu Tolgoi copper mine
ULAANBAATAR/LONDON, Dec 13 (Reuters) – Rio Tinto (RIO.AX)(RIO.L) has offered to write off Mongolia’s $2.3 billion outstanding debt for its stake in the Oyu mine Tolgoi ... -
How Mongolia turned the tide of the pandemic – The Diplomat
Advertising In the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, Mongolia has stood out as a “positive outlier” thanks to its skills in vaccine diplomacy, which has ... -
Mongolia plans to go nuclear
Author: Dimitris Symeonidis, The Hague Ukhnaa Khurelsukh won a landslide victory of 68% of the popular vote in the June 2021 elections in Mongolia. Against the ... -
Mongolia and Kyrgyzstan fight the curse of mineral wealth
November 6, 2021 JARE POOR, fragile post-Soviet democracies, two spectacular holes in the ground. Oyu Tolgoi, or “Turquoise Hill”, in Mongolia, is a vast mine located ... -
Mongolia celebrates 60 years in the United Nations – The Diplomat
Advertising On October 25, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia launched “United Nations Week” to mark the 60th anniversary of Mongolia’s membership in the United ... -
Graduate of the month: Oyungerel Tsedevdamba
Ms. Oyungerel Tsedevdamba, 2003-2004 Fulbright Foreign Student, 2011 Eisenhower Scholar and Board Member of the NGO Local Solutions A well-known public leader and human rights activist, ... -
Can Russia and Mongolia replace Australia’s coal supply to China? – The Diplomat
Advertising Since the start of the pandemic, China has faced several unexpected challenges. Trade with Australia, continued shipping congestion in the South China Sea, and coal ... -
The new Mongolian president will not affect relations with Russia
Authors: Alexey Mikhalev, Buryat State University and Artyom Lukin, Far Eastern Federal University In June 2021, Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh, former Chairman of the Mongolian People’s Party (MPP) ... -
US sends Pfizer vaccines to Mongolia
The United States is sending nearly 900,000 doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine to Mongolia. They are expected to arrive on Wednesday, a White House official ... -
Rio Tinto bids Mongolia on troubled copper project
Rio Tinto is ready to make concessions to the Mongolian government as it seeks to complete the development of a huge copper mine in the Gobi ... -
Mongolia, the forgotten genocide: part II
The horrific extermination of Buddhist monks in Mongolia must be remembered and studied to understand other communist attempts to eradicate the religion. by Massimo Introvigné Part ... -
bne IntelliNews – Zasag Chandmani mining dispute is litmus test for Mongolia
Maximilian Johnson, the young half-brother of the British Prime Minister, encountered problems in Mongolia. He works for a Hong Kong-based fund GRF2 which invested $19 million ... -
Mongolia seizes the diplomatic moment – The Diplomat
Advertising Mongolian diplomacy is living for a moment. In just five days, Mongolian officials held high-level talks with China, Japan, South Korea and the United States. ... -
For an Olympic first, teamwork is the thing for Mongolia
TOKYO (AP) — For decades, Mongolia sent mostly boxers, judokas and wrestlers to the Olympics — athletes doing solo work that in many ways reflected the ... -
Mongolia is heading towards autocracy | Opinions
At first glance, the Mongolian elections that took place on June 9 may have appeared free and fair. Former Prime Minister Ukhnaa Khürelsükh of the Mongolian ... -
Vaccinations in Mongolia supported by Russia, China and alliances
SEATTLE, Wash. – Mongolia is a nation located between two powerful countries: China and Russia. Known for its rugged terrain and nomadic culture, Mongolia was able ... -
After a wild election season, what’s next for Mongolia? – The Diplomat
Magazine The Mongolian People’s Party now controls the executive and the legislature, but now has to deal with COVID-19 and demands to level the political playing ... -
Mongolian elections raise fears of one-party rule
In a presidential election on June 9, Mongolian voters gave a landslide victory to former Prime Minister Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh of the ruling Mongolian People’s Party, or ... -
Mongolia votes for new president despite COVID-19 campaign restrictions
ULAANBAATAR, June 8 (Reuters) – Mongolia goes to the polls on Wednesday to choose its sixth democratically elected president, with the ruling Mongolian People’s Party (MPP) ... -
Mongolia votes for new president despite COVID-19 campaign restrictions | world news
ULAANBAATAR (Reuters) – Mongolia goes to the polls on Wednesday to choose its sixth democratically elected president, with the ruling Mongolian People’s Party (MPP) set to ... -
Countries are scrambling for vaccines. Mongolia has a lot.
Mongolia, a land of grassy hills, vast deserts and endless skies, has a population not much larger than that of Chicago. The small democratic nation is ... -
Japan asks for Mongolia’s support in a row of islands
ULAANBAATAR: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe yesterday asked for Mongolia’s support in Tokyo’s territorial dispute with Beijing over the disputed islands in the East China Sea, ...