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MMJ new issue
You will come across the word “strategic” frequently in the present issue of the MMJ, especially on the pages in Mongolian. One reason for this is that this issue covers various aspects of the law regulating foreign investment in strategic sectors. Another is that we begin in this issue a comprehensive introduction to the 39 deposits listed as strategic.
The final days are upon us
Between this issue and our next, Mongolia will be in the grips of election fever, and that is my excuse for laying aside matters financial or economic for this month’s column. I shall not stray from our consistent and scrupulously followed policy of not commenting on domestic partisan politics, but I am as interested as anybody else in the outcome and how it is achieved.
ETT pushes back market debut to 2013 Q1
ErdenesTavanTolgoi, owner of one of the largest coking coal deposits in the world, has pushed back plans for its international share market debut to the first quarter of 2013.Chief Executive B.Enebish has said a listing in February or March next year was “more realistic” than hopes of a market debut in 2012.
ETT pushes back market debut to 2013 Q1
ErdenesTavanTolgoi, owner of one of the largest coking coal deposits in the world, has pushed back plans for its international share market debut to the first quarter of 2013.Chief Executive B.Enebish has said a listing in February or March next year was “more realistic” than hopes of a market debut in 2012.The state-owned company is planning to list 29 percent of its shares in a float that analysts expect could raise about $3 billion.
Need to change our fuel and energy perspective
This month I wish to discuss a new strategic perspective on sustainable development of fuel and energy.
We Mongolians do not take kindly to any change in the terms that we are accustomed to.
Chalco steps up pursuit of Mongolian coal with Winsway deal
China’s state-run aluminium giant Chalco last month announced a second deal in its pursuit of Mongolian coal, despite signs that the country’s government is seeking to derail an earlier deal. While Mongolia has opened its doors to foreign investors over the past decade and has willingly sold coal to China, Chinese companies have found it hard to access Mongolia’s vast copper and coal mines directly due to Mongolia’s historic mistrust of its giant neighbour.
High level of uranium in Ulaanbaatar groundwater
A high level of uranium has been detected in the groundwater in the Mongolian capital, report local media.The finding was made in a deep-well water research programme conducted by a joint U.S.-Mongolian team last July to determine the arsenic content.The team extracted water samples from 129 deep wells in the seven districts of Ulaanbaatar and sent the samples to the US for analysis.
New railway agency to have specific tasks
Before coming to these, let me clarify some legal regulations pertaining to the new company. The Mongolian Railway Transportation Law, passed by the State Great Khural in 2007, is the governing document of this sector, and regulates all aspects of railway transportation.
ThyssenKrupp to help build coal-to-liquids plant
Germany’s ThyssenKrupp Uhde and the Mongolian Government have signed two Memoranda of Understanding relating to the development, engineering and construction of a coal-to-liquids plant and also a heat recovery coke making plant. Feasibility studies for the two projects had already been prepared.
