27 January 2012, 1:17 pm
(Reuters) - Rio Tinto has opened the door to a shakeup of the board and senior management of Ivanhoe Mines now that it has taken control of the Canadian miner, which owns two-thirds of the massive Oyu Tolgoi project in Mongolia. In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Rio said ... Read More »
27 January 2012, 12:32 pm
KARAKORUM, Mongolia — The four massive wrestlers walked into a clearing in the middle of the Mongolian steppe. They wore the traditional outfit of brief — very brief — shorts and matching garment covering only the tops of their backs.... Read More »
26 January 2012, 9:46 am
Linnea Richards and Jordan Lederer spent two months traveling in Asia last summer with son, Ned, and his good friend Aaron Cooper, both Peace Corps volunteers. The first month was spent in Viet Nam, the second month in Mongolia where Ned and Aaron are stationed with the Peace Corps.... Read More »
25 January 2012, 5:31 am
--Belarus, Kazakhstan and Mongolia report increases in gold reserves... Read More »
25 January 2012, 4:00 am
Belarus, Kazakhstan and Mongolia all added to their gold reserves in the final month of 2011, with purchases by the trio totaling more than 320,000 troy ounces of bullion, according to figures from the International Monetary Fund.... Read More »
25 January 2012, 1:40 am
Kazakhstan raised its gold reserves by 3.1 metric tons in December to 76.7 tons, according to data on the International Monetary Fund’s website.... Read More »
18 January 2012, 6:56 pm
Global miner Rio Tinto is clear to take over Mongolia's coveted Oyu Tolgoi project, which promises to be one of the world's largest copper-gold mines, after project owner Ivanhoe Mines decided to scrap a controversial "poison pill.".... Read More »
18 January 2012, 6:43 pm
TORONTO/LONDON (Reuters) - Global miner Rio Tinto is clear to take over Mongolia's coveted Oyu Tolgoi project, which promises to be one of the world's largest copper-gold mines, after project owner Ivanhoe Mines decided to scrap a controversial "poison pill". Ivanhoe said on Wednesday it wou... Read More »
15 January 2012, 6:33 pm
Daily life in rural Mongolia's harsh climate... Read More »
5 January 2012, 9:41 am
Headline Title: Mongolia takes step forward to abolishing death penalty 05 January 2012 The Mongolian parliament's approval of a bill that aims to scrap the death penalty is a vital step towards full abolition of the death penalty in Mongolia, Amnesty International said today. The bill, which ... Read More »