BEIJING, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping Thursday held talks with Mongolian President Khaltmaa Battulga at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
Xi said the Chinese government and people are making all-out efforts to fight the novel coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19), during which the Mongolian government and people have offered...
Rio running late on Mongolia coal power
A new $US924 million coal-fired power station for Rio Tinto's Oyu Tolgoi mine will not be built within the deadline set by the Mongolian government, triggering another round of combustible negotiations between the developing nation and its biggest employer.
Rio has sourced power for Oyu Tolgoi from nearby China through the first six years of mining...
Rio Tinto says Mongolian project submits feasibility study on locally sourced power
(Reuters) - Rio Tinto Ltd on Tuesday said its Mongolian copper mine project has submitted a feasibility study to the local government in its bid to secure domestically sourced power for the East Asian’s country’s biggest foreign investment project.
Oyu Tolgoi LLC submitted a feasibility study for the Tavan Tolgoi Power Plant (TTPP) Project, which...
What Mongolia's Dairy Farmers Have to Teach Us About the Hidden History of Microbes
Dairying is one of the great puzzles of history. An archaeologist set out to unravel it and, in the process, discovered Mongolia's hidden wealth of endangered microbes.
By Virginia Gewin
In the remote northern steppes of Mongolia, in 2017, anthropologist Christina Warinner and her colleagues were interviewing local herders about dairying...
Mongolia bans coal exports to help contain virus
Beginning February 10, Mongolia has stopped exporting coal to China via its four key gateways on the Sino-Mongolian border in an effort to help prevent the spread of Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia (NCP) from China, according to a Mongolian government release on Monday. The ban will last until March 3, the government noted.
The four gateways, comprising...
Rio Tinto says China virus slowing copper ore imports from Mongolia
BEIJING (Reuters) - Rio Tinto (RIO.L) (RIO.AX), operator of the giant Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine in Mongolia, said its copper concentrate shipments to China had slowed due to efforts by the authorities to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
“We have advised customers that we are engaging with authorities who are working on re-establishing regular...
CSU, National University of Mongolia honor decades of collaboration
Representatives from Colorado State University and the National University of Mongolia gathered to sign a memorandum of understanding Jan. 23 that officially recognizes the 30-year relationship the universities have shared.
Professor Emeritus Dennis Ojima, who has served as the principal faculty liaison with the National University of Mongolia,...
Exxon man to lead Rio Tinto's Mongolia mission
Rio Tinto has hired a British oil executive with extensive experience in the developing world as part of efforts to smooth its fractious relationship with the Mongolian government.
Former ExxonMobil, Shell and Total executive Daniel Worrall has been appointed as the mining company's chief executive and country director for Mongolia, which hosts the...
3 children die from electrocution in Mongolia
ULAN BATOR, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Three girls aged between one and five years old have been killed by an electric shock caused by water leaks at their home in northern Mongolia, the country's National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said Thursday.
The incident occurred in Darkhan soum in northern Mongolia's Darkhan-Uul Province on Wednesday afternoon.
"The...
Ukraine signs visa-free agreements with Mongolia, Argentina
Ukraine has signed the visa-free agreements with Mongolia and Argentina, 112 International reported as Prime Minister of the country Oleksiy Honcharuk saying on Telegram, .
“The government approved two protocols between the government of Ukraine and governments of Mongolia and Argentina, which provides the increase of term of visa-free...
