Opinion
Mongolia’s tenacious Ninjas
In a hot, concrete hut filled with acetylene fumes, an elderly Mongolian miner struggles to contain her excitement as she plucks a sizzling inch-long nugget of gold from a grubby cooling pot and raises it to the light. Khorloo, 65, and her sons spent the day scrutinising half a dozen CCTV screens as workers at the Bornuur gold processing plant whittled 1.2 metric tonnes of ore down to 123 grams of pure gold that could earn the family as much as $6,000.
Mongolia can become Australia, only if…
Academician P.Ochirbat analyses how Australian mining has done well, and how Mongolia can follow suit.
I am often asked if I think mining in Mongolia can reach the level of mining in Australia. It is not possible to answer with a straight “Yes” or “No” but we can explore the issue.
New railway move ensures TT will not be derailed
Work on the Tavan Tolgoi project continues to progress, belying talk that it is in limbo, and despite efforts by vested interests since 2008 to halt it through trying to take control of the whole railway construction work.