Mongolia Brief December 22, 2014 Part III
Peacekeepers
Awarded
By B.
Amarsaikhan
Ulaanbaatar,
December 22 (MONTSAME) A ceremony ran Monday to hand prizes to the military
personnel who had served in peacekeeping operations in Afghanistan and
Sudan.
In specific,
state orders and defense sector awards were given to the 10th shift of the
Mongolian patrol mission which served in the International Security Assistance
Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, the seventh shift of Runway Security Mission at
the Kabul Afghan International Airport (KAIA), the fifth shift of second-phase
medical military personnel who served in the peacekeeping operations in Darfur
of North Sudan, co-organized by the UN and the African Union.
Present at the
ceremony were the Minister of Defense Ts.Tsolmon, the head of the General
Headquarters of the Armed Forces of Mongolia Lieutenant-General Ts.Byambajav,
the State Secretary of the Ministry Major-General Z.Boldbaatar, also families
of the awardees.
J.Batzandan
MP Gives Buses to Schools
By B. Khuder
Ulaanbaatar,
December 22 (MONTSAME) A member of parliament Monday attended a ceremony to
give buses to secondary schools of the city’s Nalaikh and Bayanzurkh districts.
Mr J.Batzandan
MP initiated an action to provide the UB city's remote schools with school
buses. The money was included in an appendix of the 2014 budget. He addressed
the ceremony, emphasizing that these buses are made in accordance with
standards, especially the safety standards have been fully ensured.
The school
buses went to Bayanzurkh district’s six and Nalaikh district’s “Erdmiin Orgil”
and “Golomt” complex schools.
Present at the
event was also B.Tulga, the Vice Minister of Education and Sciences.
Kh.Purevdagva
Launches Research in Antarctica
By B. Khuder
Ulaanbaatar,
December 22 (MONTSAME) A technological engineer of the hydrology section at the
Department of Hydrology and Metrology Mr Kh.Purevdagva reports that he reached
Livingston Island.
He has reached
the island together with Bulgarian counterparts. When they got to the place, a
camp was covered by two-meter thick snow, "we had to clean the place, then
I started observation and research works after having installed all measurement
tools and facilities in five spots".
For the time
being, a temperature of Livingston Island is not stable with a constant
wind.
Mongolians
to Take Part in Dakar Rally
By B.
Amarsaikhan
Ulaanbaatar,
December 22 (MONTSAME) The National team of rallying pilots headed to South
America on December 21 to compete in the Dakar Challenge which will run there
January 3-17.
The Mongolians
will take part in the "car" class (a category of cars weigh less than
3,500 tons) for the first time. Our team consists of 25 people among whom are a
pilot of the car-no.431 N.Lhamaa IMS, co-pilots O.Byambadelger IMS and
B.Surendorj, also a mechanic B.Batbold, a Master of Sports. The car-no.413 will
be driven by a pilot O.Byambatsogt IMS and a co-pilot D.Jargalsaikhan.
Other pilots
will participate in the "motorbikes", "quads" and
"trucks" categories.
Mitsubishi
Seeks Copper Contract from OT Mine
By B.
Amarsaikhan
Ulaanbaatar,
December 22 (MONTSAME) Mitsubishi Materials Corp., Japan’s third-biggest copper
producer, said on December 22 it is seeking a long-term contract to source the
metal from Mongolia’s Oyu Tolgoi mine.
The company and
Japanese trade house Mitsui & Co. have signed a contract with Oyu Tolgoi
LLC to import 5,000 metric tons of copper concentrate from Mongolia on a trial
basis, said Tatsuya Inoue, a general manager of Mitsubishi’s raw materials
division, on Monday in interview at its Tokyo headquarters.
The move is a
part of Mitsubishi’s effort to diversify where it gets its raw materials. The
company imports about one million tons of copper concentrate a year, of which
about 70 percent comes from South America, according to Inoue.
Mitsui arranged
the shipping of the concentrate, carried by rail to the Russian port of
Vladivostok and then by sea to Mitsubishi Materials’ Naoshima plant in Kagawa
prefecture on Japan’s southern Shikoku island, Inoue said. At about 30 days,
the shipping time is similar to imports from Chile, he said.
Mongolian
Vocal Singers Successfully Participate in XXV
Glinka
International Vocal Contest
December 22
(infomongolia.com) The 25th International Vocal Contest named after the Russian
Composer Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka was successfully concluded at the Grand Hall
of the State Moscow Conservatory with Award Ceremony on December 19, 2014.
The Glinka
International Vocal Contest is one of the oldest and the most prestigious
musical contests being organized in Russia since 1960. The program of the
contest includes both opera and chamber pieces, which corresponds to the
tradition of the Russian vocal performing art, where opera singers participate
in Lied recitals as well.
The main part
in the contest program is given to the classical Russian and world vocal music,
but the required program also includes creations of the modern composers.
At the 25th
edition, a total of 215 leading vocal singers from several cities of the
Russian Federation and nationals representing 14 countries such as Armenia,
Belarus, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Mongolia, Moldova, North Korea, Spain, Ukraine and the United States of America
have competed in two rounds, where Mongolia has participated with its 19
contestants.
Following the
second round, two Mongolian singers have become Laureates of the Second Premium
namely O.Khurelbaatar (bass) and Ch.Badral (baritone). Also, D.Bat-Erdene (bass)
has been awarded with a Diploma along with other six contestants.
Winners of the XXV Glinka International
Vocal Contest:
Laureates of
the First Premium - Valentin Dytyuk (Ukraine), Yulia Yashkulova (Russia)
Laureates of
the Second Premium - Oyuntsetseg KHURELBAATAR (Mongolia), Chuluunbaatar BADRAL
(Mongolia), Yekaterina Koyakina (Russia)
Laureates of
the Third Premium - Anton Zaraev (Russia), Aleksandr Suhanov (Russia), Venera
Protasova (Russia)
Diplomas -
Dorjtseden BAT-ERDENE (Mongolia), Dmitry Grigoryev (Russia), Damir Saduakhasov
(Kazakhstan), Vasilisa Berzhanskaya (Russia), Natalya Kuchina (Russia),
Anastasiya Fedorova (Russia)
Special Prizes
“For the Best
Performance from Sergei Rachmaninoff Pieces” - Ch.Badral (Mongolia)
“Best Tenor of
the Contest” - V.Dytyuk (Ukraine)
“Best Folk-Song
Singer” - A.Zaraev (Russia)
"Best
performer of a piece by a composer of any country written not earlier than
1975” - T.Zaryan (Armenia)
Audience
Sympathy Special Prize Winner voted on-line - V.Dytyuk
Special Prize
from “Musical Klondike” - A.Zaraev (Russia)
Irina Arkhipova
Grand Prize from “Musical Journal” Foundation - Yu.Yashkulova (Russia)
Feodor
Chaliapin Special Prize for “Most Perspective Bass Singer” - D.Grigoriev
(Russia)
Mongolian participants:
1. Baasansuren ENKHNARAN (soprano)
2. Batnasan MUN (baritone)
3. Bayanbileg BATBAATAR (baritone)
4. Bayandalai JAVKHLANTUGS (baritone)
5. Bayarsaikhan BATJARGAL (tenor)
6. Byambajav AMARJARGAL (soprano)
7. Byambajav GOMBO-OCHIR (tenor)
8. Byambajav
MONGOLKHUU (baritone)
9. Gal-Erdene
DASHCHANRAV (tenor)
10. Ganbat
ENKHBOLD (tenor)
11. Ganbold
ENKHNARAN (soprano)
12. Dashnorov
ERDENE-OCHIR (tenor)
13. Dorjtseden
BAT-ERDENE (bass)
14. Oyuntsetseg
KHURELBAATAR (bass)
15. Sosorbaram
BAT-ERDENE (bass)
16. Sungerel
ERDENEBAATAR (baritone)
17. Ulziiburen
TSERENCHUNT (tenor, represented Ulan-Ude, Russia)
18. Chinsanaa
BAT-OCHIR (soprano)
19.
Chuluunbaatar BADRAL (baritone)
20. Enkhbayar
BUMKHUU (baritone)
In 2011,
Mongolian two singers - G.Ariunbaatar and E.Ankhbayar become Laureates of the
First and Second Premiums at the 24th Glinka International Vocal Contest.
Related:
Mongolians
receive awards at int’l vocal contest – Montsame,
December 22
Stock
Exchange news for December 22
By B. Khuder
Ulaanbaatar,
December 22 (MONTSAME) At the Stock Exchange trades on Monday, a total of 12
thousand and 038 thousand units of 19 JSCs were traded costing MNT 25 million
202 thousand and 082.
"APU”
/5,000 thousand units/, “Moninjbar” /4,990 units/, “State Department Store”
/1,296 units/, “Baganuur” /225 units/ and "Makh impex” /127 units/ were
the most actively traded in terms of trading volume, in terms of trading value
were "APU” (MNT 18 million 755 thousand and 045), "Moninjbar” (MNT
one million 048 thousand and 900), “Material impex” (MNT 992 thousand),
“Bayangol hotel” (MNT 975 thousand) and "State Department Store” (MNT 727
thousand and 887).
The total
market capitalization was set at MNT one trillion 406 billion 514 million 359
thousand and 083. The Index of Top-20 JSCs was 14,475.20, decreasing 228.24
units or 1.55% against the previous day.
Winner
of Tavan Tolgoi bid announced
By B.
Amarsaikhan
Ulaanbaatar,
December 22 (MONTSAME) A consortium of China Shenhua Energy, Sumitomo
Corporation and Energy Resource LLC was announced on December 22 as the
strategic investor for Tavan Tolgoi coking coal deposit.
The working
group responsible for the selection reached this decision after careful
assessments over the two finalists’ financial proposals. The final bidders were
this consortium and Peabody Energy of the USA, both of which had satisfied the
requirements on their technical proposals during the selection bid.
The selected
will be responsible for the deposit’s investment and development. However, the
ownership of the deposit will still be kept fully by the Government of
Mongolia.
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