Mongolian Economy and Finance

A trial was held at 461 Detention center over the course of three days for D.Batkhuyag, the former chairman of the Mineral Resources Authority, N.Davaatsogt, the former Head of the Office for Geological and Mining Cadastre of the Mineral Resources Authority, D.Batkhuyag`s friend, N.Jargalsaikhan and N.Batireedui, Directors of Zelem LLC.

Along with the official visit by Chinese top legislator Wu Bangguo, another special event in Ulaanbaatar is the opening of a new branch of the Bank of China in the city.

The appointment of new ambassadors was discussed and solved at the plenary session of parliament on Thursday.

Since the reformist Government formed it has carried out sub-programs aiming to stabilize the fuel retail price, grant lower interest rate loans and to protect currency rate risk.

The Kazakh nomad’s hand rocks forwards in a gentle stroking motion and the eagle needs no keener reminder of the business of the day, springing from her master’s wrist like a fluid extension of his will, gaining the thin, freezing-cold upper air with a few strokes of her vast wings.

HSBC has lifted its forecast for copper prices in 2013 due to expectations of a more structurally balanced market and positive sentiment.

Justin Kapla, President of SouthGobi Sands LLC, has been under an exit ban from Mongolia for approximately 3 months.

The Criminal Police Department (CPD) has arrested three Malaysian citizens on charges of debit card fraud.

The frontier defense servicemen of the Chinese and Mongolian militaries stationed along the border of the People's Republic of China and the State of Mongolia near Altay, a city of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, held a meeting prior to the 2013 Chinese Spring Festival on January 28, 2013.

PRICES for Australian metallurgical coal are set to benefit from uncertainty over future production from the emerging provinces of Mozambique and Mongolia.

ULAANBAATAR, MONGOLIA--(Marketwire - Jan 30, 2013) - Undur Tolgoi Minerals Inc. ("UTM" or the "Company") (CNSX:UTM) is pleased to update shareholders on the Company''s most recent work program carried out in September and October 2012 on the Company''s Undur Tolgoi property.

During a visit to Poland last week, Mongolian president Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj called for Polish investment in his country's energy sector, touting Mongolia's record as the fastest-growing economy in the world.

Per capita GDP in six municipalities, provinces and regions including Beijing, Zhejiang and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region surpassed $10,000 in 2012, putting them at a level close to a developed economy, according to statistics released by the local governments as of Tuesday.

VLADIVOSTOK, Jan. 30 — Top Chinese legislator Wu Bangguo met parliament leaders from the Republic of Korea, Malaysia and Laos respectively on Monday and Tuesday in Russia's Far Eastern city of Vladivostok and discussed bilateral ties and ways for further cooperation.

ULAN BATOR - China's top legislator, Wu Bangguo, on Wednesday pledged to further develop ties with Mongolia during a meeting with his Mongolian counterpart Zandaakhuu Enkhbold.

SEATTLE, Jan. 31, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- L & L Energy, Inc. , ( LLEN ) ("L&L" or the "Company"), a Seattle-based company with a track record of profitable coal operations in China, provided an update on its mining operations in Guizhou and plans for expansion into Shanxi and Inner Mongolia.

Mining giant Rio Tinto PLC says Oyu Tolgoi, its mega copper and gold project in Mongolia, is continuing on schedule despite reports the company has discussed shutting operations.

Located at the foot of southwest Daxing'anling Mountains in North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, A'er Mountain is famous for its mineral springs, abundant volcanic lakes and beautiful forest.

BDO, the world’s fifth-largest consulting and auditing company opened a member firm in Mongolia on January 1, 2013.

Wu Bangguo(L), chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China, shakes hands with Zandaakhuu Enkhbold, chairman of the Mongolian State Great Hural (parliament), in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, Jan. 30, 2013.

Prosecutor General of Mongolia D.Dorligjav is paying a working visit to Hong Kong at the invitation of Director of Public Prosecutions of the Department of Justice of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Kevin Paul Zervos.

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Rio Tinto says it remains on track to start production by the middle of the year at its giant copper-gold mine in Mongolia, playing down reports that it might temporarily halt construction.

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“It’s good, yes? It’s veeeery good!” Orisbai Shatirbai laughs giddily, as Hiran, his five-year-old golden eagle, perches over the large fox it has just caught on the Mongolian steppe.

Mongolia is reaching out to China's largest coal producer China Shenhua Energy in an effort to break a deadlock over the terms of a souring coal supply deal with another Chinese giant Aluminum Corp of China.

China will further expand economic and trade cooperation with the neighboring country of Mongolia, particularly in mineral resources exploration, infrastructure construction and the financial sector, a senior Chinese leader said on Wednesday.

Bloomberg reports Rio Tinto (RIO:LSE) is considering halting work at its $10 billion Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold project in Mongolia over profit-sharing and ownership demands from the government.

Rio Tinto Group (RIO) , the second-biggest mining company, is considering a temporary halt to construction work at its $6.2 billion Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold project in Mongolia as the government demands a greater share of profit from the mine, according to two people familiar with the plans.

BEIJING, Jan. 29, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Silver Dragon Resources Inc. (OTCQB: SDRG ) (the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has obtained mining area delimitation approval for its Dadi Silver-Lead-Zinc polymetallic property in Inner Mongolia, Northern China. Dadi is owned by Sanhe Sino-Top Resources & Technologies, Ltd. ("Sino-Top"), of which Silver Dragon Resources Inc. has a 40% equity interest.

Once he bestrode his world, lending his name to more museums , streets, monuments and public institutions than any other 20th-century figure.

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Azerbaijan, Turkey, Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia have formed the Armed Forces of Turkic States with a horse as their symbol.

Jilin province in Northeast China will speed up the development of the Changchun-Jilin-Tumenjiang pilot zone in the next five years, to enhance the cooperation with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Russia and Mongolia, according to a leading official from Jilin government.

The central bank of Mongolia cut its policy rate by 75 basis basis points to 12.5 percent due to a decline in demand-pull and supply-driving inflationary pressures but said it was cautious about easing considering uncertainties in foreign trading and foreign investments.

PRICES for Australian metallurgical coal are set to benefit from uncertainty over future production from the emerging provinces of Mozambique and Mongolia.

It is January 2013 and the time has come to reflect on the year past, the progress achieved, the mistakes made, the promises kept and the resolutions forgotten.

The 23rd annual International Snow Sculpture Championships in Breckenridge is an eagerly-awaited event that brings the Colorado snow to life.

Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi, the biggest state-owned coal company in Mongolia, said its two most senior foreign executives resigned as part of cost cuts at the cash strapped company.

The Aluminium Corporation of China, or Chalco, said on Monday it will take legal action if Mongolia breaks its long-term coal supply contract.

While Western financial blogs in 2012 decried the rise of Mongolian resource nationalism as well as continuing corruption in Mongolia's mining sector, Australia, cautiously yet successfully, has maneuvered through the same environment to significantly increase its investment and political footprint.

ULAN BATOR, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Mongolia's new Prime Minister Norov Altanhuyag starts 2013 with investors increasingly worried about the outlook for the all-important mining sector.

Graeme Hancock, chief operating officer of Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi, resigned as Mongolia’s biggest state-owned coal company faces a cash crunch that’s disrupted shipments to China, a person familiar with the situation said.

Escalating a standoff with Mongolia over access to a portion of its rich coal reserves, a Chinese state-run company threatened to seek legal action if its Mongolian partner fails to abide by their contract.

From July 20-24, 2012, UNWTO organized a mission to Mongolia.

Country Rating: C Business Climate Rating: C Risk Assessment Continued growth but risk of overheating

Tagaytay City — Filipino teenage chess Grandmaster (GM) Wesley So defeated IM Bayarsaikhan Gundavaa of Mongolia (Elo 2522) on Friday to grab the solo lead after five rounds of the Asian Zone 3.3 Chess Championship at the Tagaytay International Convention Center here.

Winter Data Acquisition Program Initiated

The plenary session meeting of the Parliament discussed the draft laws related to amending the law on addressing the law on the legal condition of the capital city.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 01/28/13 -- East Asia Minerals Corporation (TSX VENTURE: EAS ) ("East Asia Minerals" or "the Company") announces that it is restarting exploration at its Miwah Project located in Aceh Province of Indonesia.

The Prime Minister of Mongolia N.Altankhuyag held a video conference with the administrations of ministries and agencies.

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While Western financial blogs in 2012 decried the rise of Mongolian resource nationalism as well as continuing corruption in Mongolia’s mining sector, Australia, cautiously yet successfully, has maneuvered through the same environment to significantly increase its investment and political footprint.

There was no Communist Party in Great Britain when Lenin wrote "Left-Wing" Communism an Infantile Disorder [LWC] (the Communist Party of Great Britain was founded a few months later at the end of July 1920).

BEIJING: Once he bestrode his world, lending his name to more museums, streets, monuments and public institutions than any other 20th-century figure.

Jan 28 (Reuters) - The Aluminum Corporation of China (Chalco) said on Monday that it would seek legal redress if Mongolia sought to break a coal sales agreement signed in 2011.

The President of Mongolia Ts.Elbegdorj, who has attended the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, met with the President of Swiss Confederation Ueli Maurer and shared opinions on the bilateral cooperation and relationship regarding the direction of democracy and its situation in Mongolia.

--Mongolia asks China's largest coal producer Shenhua Energy to step in on coal impasse --Mongolia in dispute with Chalco over terms of coal-for-loan deal --Government won't hold IPO for Tavan Tolgoi until mine infrastructure in place

Once he bestrode his world, lending his name to more museums , streets, monuments and public institutions than any other 20th-century figure.

ULAN BATOR, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- China and Mongolia have made great efforts to deepen their strategic partnership established in 2011 and their relationship is currently at its best in history, Chinese ambassador Wang Xiaolong told Xinhua in a recent interview.

Five years ago, the UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon warned business, NGO and government leaders gathered in Davos about the impending water crisis in many developing countries.

I had about a half-hour cenversation with Matthew Emery in Prophecy's Investor Relations yesterday.

Standings after five rounds: (Filipinos unless stated)

Individual Standings after round 5: 4.5 points—GM Wesley So (PH); 4.0—GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (Vietnam); 3.5—GM Susanto Megaranto (Indonesia), FM Gombosuren Munkhgal (Mongolia), GM Darwin Laylo (PH), GM Rogelio Antonio Jr. (PH), IM Nguyen Doc Hoa (Vietnam); 3.0—FM Haridas Pascua (PH), GM Rogelio Barcenilla Jr. (PH), IM Bayarsaikhan Gundavaa (Mongolia), FM Tran Tuan Minh (Vietnam), IM Barlo Nadera (PH), GM John Paul Gomez (PH), GM Richard Bitoon (PH), FM Mari Joseph Turqueza (PH), GM Cao Sang (Vietnam), IM Nguyen Van Huy (Vietnam)

Tagaytay City — Filipino teenage chess Grandmaster (GM) Wesley So defeated IM Bayarsaikhan Gundavaa of Mongolia (Elo 2522) on Friday to grab the solo lead after five rounds of the Asian Zone 3.3 Chess Championship at the Tagaytay International Convention Center here.

Filipino Grandmaster (GM) Wes­ley So secured the solo lead in the fifth round of the Asian Zone 3.3 Chess Championship after beating Mongolian International Master Bayarsaikhan Gundavaa at the Tagaytay International Convention Center on Friday in Tagaytay City.

TAGAYTAY CITY - Filipino teenage chess wonder Wesley So claimed solo leadership in the fifth round of the Asian Zone 3.3 Chess Championship at the Tagaytay International Convention Center on Friday.

Individual Standings after round 5: (Open Division, Nine Round Swiss-System/ 42 player's field)

The Kazakh nomad's hand rocks forwards in a gentle stroking motion and the eagle needs no keener reminder of the business of the day, springing from her master's wrist like a fluid extension of his will, gaining the thin, freezing-cold upper air with a few strokes of her vast wings.

The second international trade fair and conference for small and medium enterprises “Future Mongolia 2013” will take place from 19th- 22nd June 2013 in Ulaanbaatar.

Small and medium enterprise is a main foundation for Mongolian business sector.

The Bank of Mongolia managed to stabilise inflation without increasing the monetary policy rate.

As the Ministry of Environment and Green Development of Mongolia names 2013 as an environmental education year, the Ministry is aiming to concentrate more on supporting children and youths environmental education.

Canadian Centerra Gold (TSX:CG) said Friday the company has not been approached about an alleged revocation of its mining license for the Kumtor open pit gold mine in Kyrgyzstan, as local media reported yesterday.

Australia’s Macmahon Holdings , the mining contractor at Mongolia’s giant Tavan Tolgoi coal mine, may face a problem there after April if its client Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi does not sort out funding problems, a senior executive said on Friday.

DAVOS, Switzerland - (AP) -- What's the hot gossip on the party circuit at Davos this year? No big Google bash.

Thousands of kilometres separate the border region of China, Mongolia and Russia where Bob Onikul lived to his Rosehill stable but for the trainer the journey has been about one thing - a love of horses.

Thousands of kilometres separate the border region of China, Mongolia and Russia where Bob Onikul lived to his Rosehill stable but for the trainer the journey has been about one thing – a love of horses.

A 78-year-old Japanese businessman was sentenced to 5½ years in prison Friday for swindling former Mongolian yokozuna Asashoryu out of $1.1 million.

Four Volvo pavers are being used to renew the surface of China’s first desert expressway – stretching through more than 134 km of barren land to the borders of Inner-Mongolia.

Mongolia’s state-owned mine Tavan Tolgoi has been forced to freeze its coal sales and postpone a planned public listing after having to fund cash handouts to the electorate.

“It’s good, yes? It’s veeeery good!” Orisbai Shatirbai laughs giddily, as Hiran, his five-year-old golden eagle, perches over the large fox it has just caught on the Mongolian steppe.

MELBOURNE, January 25 (Reuters via Mining Weekly) - Australia'sMacmahon Holdings , the mining contractor at Mongolia's giantTavan Tolgoi coal mine, may face a problem there after April if its client Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi does not sort out funding problems, a senior executive said on Friday.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Jan. 24, 2013) - Centerra Gold Inc. (TSX:CG) will host a conference call and webcast of its 2012 fourth quarter and year-end financial and operating results at 10:00AM Eastern time on Thursday February 21, 2013.

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Why are you going on the Trans-Siberian railway in winter when it's dark and cold?' asked my friend Jon. 'And why are you starting from Vladivostok, the wrong end?'

Relive the wild, musical days of yore when the Hottell Ragtime Jazz Band gives its annual concert at the Antlers next Wednesday (Jan. 30). (File photo by Sue Misao)

LIMAVADY artist Elaine Taylor will embark on the adventure of a lifetime this summer when she rallies the 10,000 kilometres from Belfast to Ulan Bator through some of the most remote desert and mountain terrain on the planet.

According the amendments made to the Tobacco Control Law of Mongolia in October 2012, smoking will be banned in all public areas, including bars, restaurants, office buildings, playgrounds, parks, trains, airport and train stations, and apartment stairwells from March 01, 2013.

Due to the coming-up Mongolian National Holiday Tsagaan Sar, the Ulaanbaatar city Governor E.Bat-Uul has ordered some measures to be taken during the days leading up to the holiday.

On Thursday the Prime Minister N.Altankhuyag has called on Ms. Sezin Sinanoglu, the UN Resident Coordinator in Mongolia to change views on bilateral cooperation between Mongolia and the UN.

The decision to evacuate a bus stop in front of Monnis tower to Central library parking by Public Transportation Office sparked public speculation that Monnis authorities biased to the decision.

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Global Times reported that Baoshan Iron & Steel Co would raise the prices of its major products in March by CNY 100 to CNY 300 (USD 16.08 to USD 48.24) per tonne, or around 5% of its February price, due to increasing orders and rising costs.

Inner Mongolia based Chinese steelmaker Baotou Iron and Steel Co announced that in 2012 its fixed asset investments amounted to CNY 13.3 billion up 52.7% compared with CNY 8.709 billion recorded in 2011.

Takeo Kikuchi conspired with an associate in 2009 to cheat the then-champion, whose real name is Dolgorsuren Dagvadorj, by saying they needed the money to help develop projects in Mongolia, the Tokyo District Court said.

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Mongolian state owned Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi has dropped plans to hold an IPO in 2013 after running into financial difficulties that have forced it to suspend exports to China.

BEIJING--Mongolia is reaching out to China's largest coal producer China Shenhua Energy [1088.HK] in an effort to break a deadlock over the terms of a souring coal supply deal with another Chinese giant, Aluminum Corp. of China [ACH], Mongolia's ambassador to Beijing said Friday.

Hada, a campaigner for the preservation of Mongolian culture, is suffering severe psychological problems in prison, but Chinese authorities are denying treatment.

The new mining law currently under consideration in Mongolia has alarmed foreign investors, who fear it will not only deter investment in the mining sector, but have knock-on effects in other parts of the economy.

The Inner Mongolia autonomous region will host an art auction at the Sheraton Hotel in its capital Hohhot on Saturday after a two-day preview exhibition.

BEIJING—Mongolia is reaching out to China's largest coal producer, China Shenhua Energy , in an effort to break a deadlock over the terms of a souring coal-for-loan deal with another Chinese resource company, Aluminum Corp. of China Ltd., according to Mongolia's ambassador to Beijing, Tsedenjav Sukhbaatar. China's state-owned resource giants often compete with each other—at least in the early stages—in securing projects, and Mongolia may be counting on the Chinese companies' innate sense of rivalry to prompt renegotiation of an increasingly untenable resource deal. A deepening disagreement with China—Mongolia's largest trading partner—over the deal highlights moves to regulate foreign investment in the country's fledgling mining sector that could throw into disarray the development of Tavan Tolgoi, potentially the world's largest untapped coal reserve. State-owned Erdenes-Tavan Tolgoi LLC, which owns the project, has halted coal exports to China in a bid to ...

Mongolia’s central bank cut interest rates for the first time since 2009 after determining that the outlook for inflation is benign and deciding to “cautiously” ease policy, its chief economist said.

Mongolia’s legislature began debating a law on regulating the use of Chinggis Khan’s name in a bid to prevent the memory of the legendary conqueror from being cheapened.

The Baganuur Joint Stock Company is a strategically important mine, located in 130 kilometers east of Ulaanbaatar, supplying over 70% of the coal required for the Central regional electric system.

The assistance team of the State Special Commission has transported 5,600 tons of hay to the provinces affected by the severe winter conditions this year.

The Minister of Mining, D.Gankhuyag, has submitted to the Speaker of Parliament Z.Enkhbold proposals to make changes to the Special Approval for Industry and Enterprises Operations Law, and to the law concerning petroleum-based products.