Anaesthetists used to be considered non-essential in Mongolia’s health care system, but a collaboration with Australian specialists is reducing surgical mortality rates
By Dr Amanda Baric and Associate Professor David Pescod, University of Melbourne
For decades, anaesthesia training in Mongolia has been neglected. As recently as the 1980s...
Steppe Gold Ltd: Company Update
CAPITALIZATION
TSX Symbol: STGO
Total Basic Shares O/S (M): 42.9
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
MATTHEW WOODChairman, President and CEO
BATAA TUMUR-OCHIRDirector and Vice President Mongolia
ANEEL WARAICHDirector and Executive Vice President
JEREMY...
Southern Mongolia: Teachers Protest to Denounce Local School Closures
On 28 May 2018, Southern Mongolian teachers convened a peaceful protest in front of a governmental office to denounce the ongoing closures of Mongolian schools, leaving the teachers jobless. This results from the development of a community-based private...
Mongolia bans civil servants from using social network sites at work
ULAN BATOR, May 30 (Xinhua) -- A Mongolian ban targeting civil servants on the use of social network sites including Facebook, Twitter and Youtube while at work has come into force, according to the government on Wednesday.
The government decision was made on May 23 and took effect Tuesday. It is intended to prevent cyber attacks and to ensure the...
Japan's Sharp to build Mongolia's second solar power plant
ULAN BATOR, May 25 (Xinhua) -- Japan's electronics giant Sharp Corp. will build Mongolia's second megawatt-level solar power plant in the country's northern province of Darkhan-Uul, local authorities said Friday.
According to the provincial governor's office, a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the solar power plant with a total capacity...
Mongolia's debt-to-GDP ratio forecast at 55.3% in 2019
Mongolia’s parliament approved the state budget for 2019 and forecast for 2020-2021.
According to the guideline of social and economic development in 2019, a total of 123 policy actions with 20 objectives will be implemented.
Some MNT 8.78 trillion will be spent on implementation of action plan reflected in the guideline.
MNT 5.17 trillion will...
Rosneft signs deals on energy supplies with Ghana, Mongolia
ST PETERSBURG (Reuters) - Russia’s largest oil producer Rosneft said on Friday it had signed deals on energy supplies with Ghana and Mongolia.
It said it had signed long-term contracts worth $2.1 billion to supply gasoline and diesel fuel to the largest Mongolian importers of oil products.
It also said it had signed a package of documents to...
Fighting pride – Mongolia in the Olympics
Chris Kempson puts into perspective Mongolia’s achievements in international boxing
THE sovereign state of Mongolia, historically Outer Mongolia, is bordered by the might of both China and Russia but surprisingly, it is holding its own in the Olympic and World championship boxing rings – especially for a country of a little over 3 million people....
Mongolia sees big increase in imports of heavy trucks in first 4 months
ULAN BATOR, May 25 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia imported 5,582 heavy trucks in the first four months of this year, 2.2 times higher than that in the same period of 2017, according to data released Friday by the National Statistical Office.
Importing these trucks cost Mongolia 84.4 million U.S. dollars, 2.8 times higher than that in the same period in the...
Second U.S.-Mongolia Economic Policy Dialogue
Washington, DC - Today, senior U.S. and Mongolian representatives reaffirmed their commitment to deepening the economic relationship between the United States and Mongolia by holding the second U.S.-Mongolia Economic Policy Dialogue.
His Excellency Mr. Tsogtbaatar Damdin, Mongolian Minister of Foreign Affairs, led the Mongolian delegation, which...
Russia to provide military-technical assistance for Mongolia
Press release
Russian military delegation led by V.N.Drojjov, deputy
director of Federal service for military
–technical cooperation of Russian Federation who is on working visit in
Mongolia was received by Kh.Batbileg, colonel and state secretary of...
Speech of President Battulga at opening of Mongolia Economic Forum
President of Mongolia Khaltmaagiin Battulga addressed the General Session of Mongolia Economic Forum on Day 2. The President said:
“Good day to the distinguished guests and participants of the Forum!
Mongolia Economic Forum is continuing on its second day.
There are many things we need to dedicate serious considerations to. However difficult it...
Speech made by Arnaud Soirat, a top Rio Tinto official at Mongolian Economic Forum
Here is text of the speech made by Arnaud Soirat, Chief executive, Copper and Diamonds at Mongolia Economic Forum, Ulanbaatar on May 22, 2018.
Partnering for success
Mongolia is at a pivotal moment in its history.
Thank you for the kind introduction....
Mining giant Rio Tinto urges Mongolia not to tamper with copper mine deal
ULAN BATOR, May 22 (Xinhua) -- Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto urged the Mongolian government not to tamper with the contract on the Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine in the Gobi desert if it wants to attract more foreign investors.
Speaking at the Mongolia Economic Forum held here Tuesday in Ulan Bator, Arnaud Soirat, the head of Rio's copper...
Rio Tinto warns Mongolia on tampering with rights to copper mine
By Neil Hume
Rio Tinto has warned Mongolia not to tamper with the contracts that underpin its investment in a giant copper mine in the Gobi desert if it wants to attract more foreign capital to the country.
Speaking at the Mongolia Economic Forum on Tuesday, Arnaud Soirat, the head of Rio’s copper business, said Mongolia had all ingredients...
Mongolian queen of last Chinese emperor
China’s last emperor Puyi and empress Wan Rong, studying a photo album in Tientsin, 1925-1929.
Courtesy of Palace Museum in Beijing.
Empress Wan Rong was royal Mongol princess from ruling Borjigon clan. Her sub-clan Daguur Mongol resides in Manchuria and...
Pan-Mongol Sentiments Re-Surfacing among Buryats
Paul Goble
Staunton, May 20 – It has long been an axiom of Eurasian analysis that pan-Mongolism emerges only when Russia and/or China are weak. That has certainly been true in the past, but with Mongolia now a much more independent country than ever before in modern times,...
