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MAK raring to go, waits for money
Several agreements relating to the Mongolyn Alt LLC (or MAK, as it is popularly known) were signed in October, bringing hope and cheer to the mining sector.
This parliament has lost our trust
This year has been the most remarkable year so far in the history of the Mongolian democratic state. It is a year of proud anniversaries -- the 25th anniversary of the first election to a truly democratic Parliament, and also of the beginning of a parliamentary system that has continued without interruption –
“Mongolia’s base for development is still very robust”
Matthieu Le Blan, Head of the EBRD Residence Office in Ulaanbaatar, tells N.Ariuntuya of MMJ why “Mongolia remains very much a land of opportunity”, how the EBRD Board rates the utilisation of the investments made by the bank in Mongolia and what its future strategy and role in the country would be.
“A soum is where mining has the most impact”
N. Dorjdari, Coordinator of the National Resources Governance Institute of Mongolia, answers MMJ’s questions on the draft model agreement between local communities and mining companies.
Local communities explain stand on exploration licences
Mining sector people are watching with concern how exploration licences issued by the MRAM are being rejected by the local communities which, by law, have the final say. Until some time ago, about 70 per cent of such allocated licences have failed to get the nod from local communities.
“I do not see copper prices rising before 2018”
Dr D.Galsandorj, certified consulting engineer, tells MMJ about the sorry state of the global copper market now and expresses his apprehension that the outlook will not be any brighter in the near future, which could mean serious trouble for the Erdenet copper company.
Two views on the proposed Future Heritage Fund
Among the most important discussions Parliament will have in the Autumn session is one on the draft law on the proposed Future Heritage Fund, submitted by the President on 12 June, 2015. I
Time for the bond baby’s first haircut
Mongolian babies have their first ritual haircut around when they are three years old. This time has now come for a national baby brought to the world in the hot September of 2012, which the Mongolian Government named after Chinggis.
For better journalism in the Western Region
As we in the Journalism for Development team set out for Bayankhongor aimag, I glanced through the pages of the book ‘The Heritage of Khongor Nutag’, which is how the aimag is generally called. Established in 1941, the aimag now is home to 82,000 people.
A community is a stakeholder, and deserves respect
Inside this issue is the text of a presentation by Jocelyn Fraser, Professor at the Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering in Canada’s University of British Columbia, where she shows how mining projects have been facing serious risks in the past five years, and how new trends are emerging in the sector. The presentation was given at a conference on Sustainable Development in the Minerals Industry (SDIMI), held on July 13-15 in Vancouver.
”For Mining without Populism”
”Discover Mongolia-2015” International Mining Investors’ Forum will take place from 3-4, September 2015 at the Corporate Convention Center in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The event will feature a two day conference, an investors’ exchange exhibition and other Forum events.
The facts behind fictitious companies bleeding Mongolia
Decisions expected to have been taken by the government and Parliament in the first half of 2015 would be vital for Mongolia’s economic development but some of them are yet to be made (at the time of writing), keeping the fate of some projects uncertain. The government’s stand on some of these is known, but whether it will have its way is an open question.
“No real transparency without people’s involvement”
Clare Short, International EITI Chair, was recently in Mongolia at the invitation of the Government’s Cabinet Secretariat. She spoke to G.Iderkhangai of the MMJ on the sidelines of an EITI event in Bayangol soum, Selenge aimag.
