By David Stanway
ULAN BATOR, Sept 30 |
Fri Sep 30, 2011 9:29am EDT
(Reuters) - Global miner Rio Tinto
is fighting a legacy of bad publicity as it
tries to persuade the Mongolian public a $10 billion copper
deposit it took over from Ivanhoe Mines last year is in
safe hands.
Some Mongolian politicians have...
Mistah Khurts, he free
TO THE surprise of many, Bat Khurts, the head of Mongolia’s
National Security Council, is back at his desk in Ulaanbaatar, and not
sitting in a German prison, awaiting trial for his alleged involvement
in a kidnapping in 2003. The charges that allowed his detention have
been dropped. Among those surprised was the Foreign Office in Britain, apparently,
...
Mongolia hands it to a cast of neighbors
By Peter Lee
ULAN BATOR - Before embarking for the United States, Mongolia's President
Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj sat down with the Washington Post for a charm offensive,
at least in terms that Mongolians understand: dispensing...
Ivanhoe Mines expects the Mongolian government to support the Oyu Tolgoi investment agreement
Schedule for supply of interim electric power remains on track
StatementVANCOUVER, CANADA – Ivanhoe Mines said in a statement today that the investment agreement for the Oyu Tolgoi Project remains a fair and legally binding contract that deserves and requires the unqualified support of all parties.Media reports during the weekend quoted Mongolia’s...
Mongolia denies reports of security official's release
ULAN BATOR, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia on Monday denied a German newspaper report that a top official of the National Security Council has been freed from German prison.
"That would be good news. However, it is not true," said Deputy Foreign Minister Bayarbaatar Bolor.
Bat Khurts, head of the executive office of Mongolia's National Security Council,...
Culture Shock Mongolia
Mongolia is an amazing place to visit, and one of the best places in the world to ride. The Northern route takes you through some of the best Mongolia has to offer, and although you miss the Gobi desert by taking it, you still get to see herds of camels, vast open steppes, mountains and even a couple of sand dunes. It is not an easy land to ride through...
Mongolia Wants to Raise Stake in Oyu Tolgoi, Minister Says
By Soraya Permatasari and Nichola Saminather
(Adds comment from analyst in fourth paragraph.)
Sept. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Mongolia wants to bring
forward the raising of its stake in the Oyu Tolgoi copper project that’s
being developed by Rio Tinto Group and Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. to 50 percent
from 34 percent, according to the minerals...
Rio Tinto says will talk to Mongolia on copper mine deal
By David Stanway
OYU TOLGOI, Mongolia, Sept 25 |
Sat Sep 24, 2011 11:59pm EDT
(Reuters) - Global mining
giant Rio Tinto will respond to any request from
the Mongolian government to discuss its investment in the
country's giant Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold deposit, but still
expects the original 2009 agreement to be...
Mongolia security chief freed in Germany: report
A top Mongolian security official extradited from Britain to
Germany on suspicion of kidnapping a crime suspect has been freed from
custody and may already have left the country, a German daily said
Saturday.
Quoting his lawyers, the Sueddeutsche Zeitung said Bat
Khurts, 42, a key figure in Mongolia's National Security Council, was
freed...
Source of rumor that reincarnation of His Holiness Dalai Lama is born in Mongolia
Recently, Mongolian newspapers published stories which said next reincarnation of His Holiness Dalai Lama is born in one of the Gobi provinces of Mongolia and this news is kept secret.
However, Dalai Lama's office rejected rumor and said "it is not authentic and we wonder how it started".
Legally, it is not possible for Mongolian...
Mongolia's high plains herders warily eye coal truck
(Reuters) - A
lone cement ribbon bisecting hundreds of miles of shale and scrub on the
high plains of Mongolia's Gobi Desert may be a talisman or curse for
nomadic herders that trace their lineage to the empire of Ghengis Khan.
Carved into the Gobi by the
Hong Kong-listed Mongolian Mining Corporation (MMC), the 147-mile
(245-km), two-lane road...
Mongolia wants bigger stake in gold, copper mine
Ganbat Namjilsangarav, Associated Press, On Thursday September 22, 2011, 6:17 am EDT
ULAN BATOR, Mongolia (AP) -- Mongolia's
government is demanding a bigger stake in the massive gold and copper
mine it is developing in conjunction with mining companies Rio Tinto and
Ivanhoe.
A statement released by the government this week says
the...
Mongolian ministers assigned to renegotiate foreign mining deal
ULAN BATOR, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- The Mongolian Cabinet Office would
ask Canadian and Australian mining companies to renegotiate the Oyu
Tolgoi copper-gold mining agreement, local media reported Thursday.
Chimed Khurelbaatar, chief of the Cabinet Office of Mongolia, was
assigned to approach mining giants Ivanhoe Mines of Canada and Rio Tinto
...
Mongolia May Revise Biggest Coal, Copper Project Agreements
Mongolia may revise ownership
accords with Rio Tinto Group and other foreign companies for the
nation’s two biggest mineral projects ahead of parliamentary
elections scheduled for next year.
The initial agreement with companies including Peabody
Energy Corp. (BTU) for part of the Tavan Tolgoi coal deposit may
change, Baasangombo Enebish, executive...
Development key to regional peace
SHENYANG - Prominent political figures from Northeast Asia gathered in Shenyang on Wednesday to mark the 30th International Day of Peace, and stressed that sustainable development was a key factor to ensure peace in the region.
Around 250 officials, entrepreneurs, academics and former leaders from China, Japan, Mongolia, South...
Peabody Energy Senior Scientist Honored by Mongolia's Ministry of Nature, Environment and Tourism as 'Distinguished Environmentalist'
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ --
Mongolia's Ministry of Nature, Environment and Tourism has honored
Peabody Energy's Senior Manager of International Reclamation Vern
Pfannenstiel as a 'Distinguished Environmentalist' for his leadership to
establish best scientific practices in land restoration to protect
Mongolia's environment.
The...
Global Insider:Mongolia-India relationship
ndian and Mongolian troops are currently holding a two-week military exercise in Mongolia, following a visit by the Indian army chief to the Central Asian country. In an email interview, Sharad K. Soni,
an assistant professor of Mongolian and Central Asian studies at the
School of International Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University,
discussed...
Obama blocks the face of our poor president in the US
Obama blocks face of Elbegdorj in the UN
After President Obama gave a speech at the United Nations Tuesday to
mark the start of an initiative for transparency in government, he
joined other leaders for a group photo but must have forgotten for a
brief...
