Authors: Byambajav Dalaibuyan, Mongolian Institute for Innovative Policies and Julian Dierkes, UBCOn 24 June 2020, Mongolia will hold its eighth parliamentary election since adopting its 199… Read More

ULAN BATOR, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Sales of all types of alcoholic drinks will be forbidden across Mongolia during the upcoming parliamentary elections, local media reported Monday.Mongolia is… Read More

ULAN BATOR, June 20 (Xinhua) -- The Mongolian authorities have recently detained six parliamentary candidates amid the ongoing campaign for the upcoming parliamentary elections, according to… Read More

BEIJING, June 19 (Reuters) - The Beijing-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has approved a loan of $100 million to help Mongolia battle the coronavirus pandemic, th… Read More

The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a large toll on economic activity in Mongolia, giving rise to urgent budget and balance of payments needs.To support Mongolia, the IMF has approved the reques… Read More

The cost of expanding Rio Tinto's Mongolian copper project could decline by almost $US1 billion ($1.5 billion) under a surprise Mongolian government plan that could increase the ho… Read More

ULAN BATOR, May 3 (Xinhua) -- A total of 261 Mongolian nationals have been evacuated on a chartered flight from COVID-19-hit European countries, the country's State Emergency Commission (SEC… Read More

ULAN BATOR, April 28 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia received medical supplies from north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Tuesday in the fight against the COVID-19 outbreak.The medical mate… Read More

Mongolia has cancelled an executive order to fund its giant Tavan Tolgoi coal project through an international initial public offering (IPO), citing “political distortions&rd&hell…Read More

ULAN BATOR, April 23 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia will send meat and meat products worth 1 million U.S. dollars to Russia to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic, Mongolian parliament speaker Gombojav… Read More

Deeper core drilling commenced testing three large and mineralized porphyry targets at the Trundle projectTrundle is the only brownfield project held by a listed junior in Australia’s… Read More

Transcapital earmarks funds for small companies and rural areasThe World Bank's private sector arm, International Finance Corporation, may extend a syndicated senior loan facility equal to $… Read More

ULAN BATOR: Mongolia on Tuesday (April 14) confirmed 13 new cases of Covid-19 (coronavirus), bringing the total in the country to 30."The NCCD tested 502 suspected cases of Covid-19 on Monda… Read More

A group of 55 Mongolians who had been staying in South Korea after their home country refused their repatriation have finally returned. According to legal circles on Thursday, the group… Read More

ULAANBAATAR, April 2, 2020—The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved $26.9 million for the Mongolia COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health System Prepared… Read More

Rio Tinto (ASX, LON, NYSE: RIO) is facing a new setback at its giant copper project in Mongolia with a large investor demanding a shakeup at the Oyu Tolgoi operation over what it claims… Read More

PENTWATER FILES PROXY CIRCULAR FOR SHAREHOLDERS OF TURQUOISE HILL RESOURCES LTD. (TSX:TRQ) (NYSE:TRQ)Issues Letter and Proxy Critical of the Treatment of Minority Investors in Turquoise Hill… Read More

ULAN BATOR, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Mongolian President Khaltmaa Battulga on Monday once again proposed to postpone the country's parliamentary elections, citing economic risks caused by the COV… Read More

Rio Tinto's Mongolian copper project will require a bigger than expected fundraising, after the Rio subsidiary building the mine said it needed to raise ''at least'' six times its curre… Read More

ULAN BATOR, March 10 (Xinhua) -- A French national has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, becoming the first confirmed COVID-19 case in Mongolia, the State Emergency Commission said… Read More

ULAN BATOR, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Ambassador to Mongolia Chai Wenrui on Thursday expressed appreciation for the Mongolian government and its people's support for China's fight against… Read More

Ancient Mongolian kingdoms might have been more sophisticated than previously believed, a new study claims.A paper presented in the journal Scientific Reports shows evidence that t… Read More

By Thomas ChannetonIf not for the heroic assault on the city of Urga General Roman Ungern-Sternberg would have been one of many “warlords” and not one of the most mysterious… Read More

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 govern… Read More

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 n… Read More

(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… Read More

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… Read More

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 Pneumo… Read More

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… Read More

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 relations… Read More

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 Exx… Read More

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 N… Read More

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, .“T… Read More

ULAN BATOR, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia has set June 24 as the date for this year's parliamentary elections, the parliament's press office said Friday.The resolution to set June 24 as the d… Read More

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Mongolia have signed a $3 million grant agreement to improve food waste recycling in local communities in the capital city, helping to… Read More

ULAN BATOR, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) — Official data released Saturday shows that Mongolia raked in a total of 607.2 million U.S. dollars from tourism in 2019, up 10.2 percent from the previou… Read More

ULAN BATOR, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Trade volume between Mongolia and China reached 8.9 billion U.S. dollars in 2019, accounting for 64.4 percent of Mongolia's total foreign trade, according to… Read More

"Judicial independence and rule of law are under attack by the current Government of Mongolia," says lawyer Robert AmsterdamLONDON, Jan. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Chimediin Saikhanbileg… Read More

HIGHLIGHTSTo protect its sovereignty and independence, Mongolia has walked a geopolitical tightrope tethered by a "good neighbor" policy with Russia and China and a "third neighbor" policy w… Read More

Minister of Finance of Mongolia Ch.Khurelbaatar met with Vice President of the Export-Import Bank of China Xie Ping in Beijing to exchange views on the projects being implemented in Mongolia… Read More

ULAANBAATAR/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A plan by the Mongolian government to repay 776 billion tugriks ($283 million) of debt held by its elderly citizens is not in line with the pledges it made… Read More

ULAN BATOR, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia will hold its annual camel festival in the southern province of Umnugovi in March, in an effort to attract more tourists, local government said on Wed… Read More

ULAN BATOR, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia has raised its monthly minimum wage by 100,000 Mongolian tugriks (about 36.6 U.S. dollars), the country's Ministry of Labor and Social Protection said… Read More

ULAN BATOR, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- The National Security Council of Mongolia led by the country's president has decided to write off the loans of all pensioners in the country.President Khaltmaa… Read More

How do you get a teen to put down their phone and talk to you? Jamie Clarke went all the way to Mongolia to find out.Riding through a remote valley in Mongolia on the back of his motorbike… Read More

PoliticsThe 2020 parliamentary election looms over Mongolia as populist politics continue to keep the country in a deadlock that has so far lasted a quarter of a century. Dubbed a “dem… Read More

ULAN BATOR, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia's foreign exchange (forex) reserves hit an all-time high in 2019, the country's central bank said Thursday."In 2019, the Bank of Mongolia has successf… Read More

BEIJING, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping and Mongolian President Khaltmaa Battulga exchanged New Year congratulations on Wednesday, pledging to enhance their countries' coope… Read More

Steve Nash was killed in 2016 with his killer sentenced to 16 years behind barshe inquest date for a paraglider from Helsby who was murdered in Mongolia has been set for mid-April.Steve Nash… Read More

Less than a week after opening its first natural gas pipeline to China, Russia has mounted a new push for a second route through Mongolia to replace earlier plans for a line through Xinjiang… Read More

KUALA LUMPUR—A Malaysian police officer on death row for the 2006 slaying of a Mongolian model, has accused former prime minister Najib Razak of ordering him to kill the woman, ac… Read More

Hunting is an important part of our culture. It is difficult to imagine Mongols without hunting. So for us hunting is normal.Mongolia has been issuing hunting permits since 1960s for ar… Read More

ULAN BATOR, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia and Vietnam have set a goal to increase their bilateral trade turnover to 100 million U.S. dollars in the coming years, the Mongolian Ministry of Foo… Read More

Rio Tinto notes the unanimous approval by the Mongolian Parliament of a Resolution that instructs the government to look for ways to improve the implementation of the Investment Agreement of… Read More

ELLEN BORKAmerica’s allies in Asia will draw lessons from how nations like Mongolia fare in the new era of U.S.-China competition.China’s challenge to the United States has, at l… Read More

BEIJING, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday held a phone conversation with Mongolian Foreign Minister Damdin Tsogtbaatar over ties between the… Read More

Ulaanbaatar - Iranian judoka Saeid Mollaei has made the surprising decision to fight for Mongolia at the Qingdao Masters 2019.The competition will be held in Chinese city Qingdao from Dec. 1… Read More

NDO/VNA – Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has said Vietnam considers Mongolia an important partner in the region and wants the bilateral traditional friendship to keep… Read More

Milbank LLP has secured a significant victory in the District Court for the Southern District of New York (“SDNY”) on behalf of the Government of Mongolia. On November 19, 2019… Read More

Mongolian mining minister says expanded copper mine in Gobi Desert ‘would not be stopped’ despite protestsAnglo-Australian firm Rio Tinto’s plan to expand a copper mine in… Read More

ULAN BATOR, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- A total of 281 HIV carriers and AIDS patients are now living in Mongolia, the country's National Center for Communicable Diseases (NCCD) said Sunday."However… Read More

Mongolia has accepted a pair of MiG-29UB two-seat fighters donated by Russia under the orders of President Putin. The acceptance ceremony took place on November 26—the nation’s I… Read More

ULAN BATOR, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- China has been making great contributions to the development of Mongolia's health sector by supporting the construction of hospitals, donating advanced medica… Read More

By Jenny Lei Ravelo MANILA — As winter sets in Mongolia, the government anticipates a high incidence of flu — and the potential overuse of antibiotics.As flu cases incr… Read More

The pressure on Rio Tinto to give further ground on its troubled Oyu Tolgoi copper mine intensified after the Mongolian Parliament agreed to seek "comprehensive measures" to improve the term… Read More

By Anand DairtanULAANBAATAR (Reuters) - Rio Tinto faces renegotiating the terms of an agreement underpinning its Mongolian copper mine project, after lawmakers on Thursday approved plans to… Read More

(RTTNews) - Rio Tinto plc (RTPPF.PK, RIO.L, RIO, RTNTF.PK) said an Administrative Court in Mongolia, with regard to a lawsuit initiated by a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) relating to t… Read More

MONTREAL , Nov. 19, 2019 /CNW/ - Turquoise Hill Resources (TRQ) today notes Administrative Court proceedings in Mongolia with regard to a lawsuit initiated by the Darkhan Mongol No… Read More

ULAN BATOR, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- A total of 3,600 new cases of syphilis have been recorded in four months across Mongolia since the country declared war against the sexually transmitted disea… Read More

Tavan Tolgoi has hired an adviser to oversee preparations for the share sale, including the underwriter selection process, according to people familiar with the matterThe company has been in… Read More

The time has come for Rio to replace its geopolitical telescope with a much bigger lens.Matthew StevensColumnist of  Australian Financial Review (www.afr.com)It beggars belief that Rio… Read More

A man that ate wild rabbit meat in the autonomous region of Inner Mongolia has been diagnosed with bubonic plague. Health officials say 28 people who had close contact with the patient have… Read More

BEIJING, November 18. /TASS/. Russia will hand over two MiG-29 fighter jets to the Mongolian army, a spokesman for the Russian embassy in Mongolia told TASS on Monday.According to the spokes… Read More

Company announcementKincora Announces Agreement For New Priority Drilling Porphyry ProjectOption and earn-in agreement for the Badrakh project in the Southern Gobi, MongoliaTwo drill holes p… Read More

INCHEON, Nov. 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korean police on Friday referred a sexual assault case involving the chairman of Mongolia's Constitutional Court to the prosecution recommending indictment… Read More

ULAN BATOR, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Embassy in Mongolia on Friday donated 19 million Mongolian tugriks (7,037 U.S. dollars) to disabled children from poor families.The charity event entit… Read More

Head of Mongolia’s Constitutional Court accused of sexually harassing Korean flight attendantThe South Korean police have barred the chief justice of Mongolia’s Constitutional Co… Read More

ByDarryl CooteNov. 7 (UPI) -- A high-ranking Mongolian official accused of groping a South Korean flight attendant last week appears to have backed down from his initial denial of charg… Read More

Global mining group Rio Tinto has completed development of Shaft 2 at the Oyu Tolgoi mine in Mongolia.The completion is a significant milestone that will speed up underground development wor… Read More

South Korean police on Wednesday again questioned a senior Mongolian official accused of groping a Korean flight attendant during a flight from Ulaanbaatar to Incheon on Oct. 31.The Incheon… Read More

ULAN BATOR, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- Foreign laboratories have confirmed that the quality of the processed fuel of Mongolia meets safe standards, according to a statement by the Mongolian State Pr… Read More

By Kang Seung-wooThe police's release of a high-ranking Mongolian official, accused of sexually assaulting a flight attendant, is sparking controversy.According to the Incheon International… Read More

ULAN BATOR, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- The Sino-Mongolian Foundation of Culture, Education and Social Development here on Friday offered scholarships to 54 Mongolian students.The "Dream Star," "Fut… Read More

Local media reported the arrest of some 180 Chinese citizens, including Hongkong residents by Mongolian police and intelligence agency last night (Oct 29). The photos released by the po… Read More

PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tetra Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTEK) announced today that the government of Mongolia, through a Compact formed under the Millennium Challenge Corporation (… Read More

The Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar's city municipality has secured support from the Asian Development Bank and the International Finance Corporation to build 10,000 new energy-efficie… Read More

ULAN BATOR, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia attracted over 1.3 billion U.S. dollars of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first eight months of 2019, showed data released by the country's c… Read More

ULAN BATOR, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- The total savings of Mongolians reached 13.8 trillion Mongolian tugriks (5.1 billion U.S. dollars) at the end of August, a senior official of the Bank of Mong… Read More

The task of convincing lenders to stump up money for projects in Mongolia, such as Rio Tinto's Oyu Tolgoi copper project, just got harder after the nation's financial system was ruled t… Read More

Wednesday marks the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and Mongolia. China has promoted the building of a community of shared future for mankind, whi… Read More

China-Mongolia relations are at their best moment in history, Chinese Ambassador to Mongolia Xing Haiming said on Wednesday.The two countries forged diplomatic relations exactly 70 years ago… Read More

MANDALGOVI, Mongolia, Oct.18 (Xinhua) -- A completed China-funded 330 kV power transmission and transformation project in southern Mongolia was on Friday officially handed over to the Mongol… Read More

ULAN BATOR, Oct.15 (Xinhua) -- The exchange rate of the Mongolian national currency the Tugrik against the U.S. dollar weakened by 6.6 percent year-on-year in the first three quarters, offic… Read More

ULAN BATOR, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia's exports reached 5.9 billion U.S. dollars in the first nine months of the year, up 12.6 percent year on year, said the country's National Statistica… Read More

ULAN BATOR, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia welcomed nearly 480,000 foreign tourists in the first nine months this year, up 10.7 percent year-on-year, official data showed Monday.In the January… Read More

NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM – The day before Saparkhan Omarov, Kazakhstan’s Minister for Agriculture, met with the Minister of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry of Mongolia C. Ulan… Read More

Ulaanbaatar [Mongolia], Oct 9 (ANI): Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday participated in a commissioning ceremony of infrastructure facilities constructe… Read More

NUR-SULTAN.KAZINFORM Nursultan Nazarbayev met with Prime Minister of Mongolia Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh, the official website of the First President of Kazakhstan reads.During the meet… Read More

ULAN BATOR, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- The World Bank (WB) said on Thursday that the near-to-medium-term outlook for the Mongolian economy remains positive."Growth momentum has continued in the fir… Read More

New Delhi [India], Oct 6 (ANI): Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan will pay a two-day visit to Mongolia from October 8 as a follow up of the state visit by Mongo… Read More