The sides exchanged views on a number of issues such as developing both border checkpoints to improve their crossing capacity, modernizing equipment used for border inspection, increasing the opportunity of bilateral cooperation and information sharing.

In particular, they shared information on the construction of the Tsagaandel Uul-Ulzii checkpoint to be newly built on Mongolia-China border, amendments to the ‘Agreement between the Government of Mongolia and the Government of the People's Republic of China on Mongolian-Chinese border port and their regime's’ and the construction of a special purpose road from the end of Tavan Tolgoi-Baruun Naran road to the Tsagaandel Uul-Ulzii port.

At the end of the meeting, customs heads signed a Memorandum of Understanding on measures to be taken in regard with the infrastructure development of the Tsagaandel Uul-Ulzii port.

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The land reclamation process at the open-pit coal mine started back in 2009 and the company is convinced that it will be done by 2020, as its own workforce is in charge of re-profiling the terrain using seven large bulldozers. Only this year, 380 hectares of land are expected to be recuperated.

Millennium is located 160 kilometres south-west of Mackay, a city in the northeastern Queensland state. The mine sits atop the Bowen Basin -which has the largest coal reserves in Australia- and it produced 2.8 million tonnes of marketable mineral in 2017. Operations are currently being ramped down as mid-2019 has been set as the date when the mine will reach the end of its active life.

“We talk to a range of stakeholders, including the landowner, to get their input on what is most useful after mining,” Peabody Australia President, George Schuller Jr., said in a media statement. “The land needs to continue to be productive so we check things like what type of seed we should use for revegetation and best location for roads, water dams for stock and infrastructure.”

After hearing this news, industry association Queensland Resources Council sent out a press release praising Peabody’s work and highlighting the efforts taken by mining firms operating in the state to adhere to high environmental standards.

The group’s CEO, Ian Macfarlane, said Peabody is a good example of responsible performance as is Glencore (LON:GLEN), a company that recently received an environmental certification from the Queensland Government for the rehabilitation of 220 hectares of land at its Rolleston open-cut coal mine south of Emerald.

“Queensland’s resources industry has a proven track record of attracting new investment and creating new jobs because of the clear and stable regulatory environment in which it operates. We look forward to further investment in the resources sector which benefits every Queenslander through the industry’s contribution to the budget bottom line,” Macfarlane said in the brief.

The ABC said users in China were "abruptly" blocked from visiting its site and apps two weeks ago.

Chinese regulators told the ABC the site had breached the country's laws, but did not specify any violations.

China operates a strict internet censorship regime and often blocks access to foreign sites if they publish content it does not want people to see.

The BBC News and the New York Times websites are also unavailable in China at present.

The ABC's China-based journalists said they had confirmed the site had been blocked, after making several enquiries about its status.

"The ABC's website and apps are usually accessible to Chinese web users and are not subject to the 'Great Firewall' of censorship, but access was abruptly stopped on August 22," journalists Bill Birtles and Matthew Carney wrote.

The broadcaster said it had not been able to confirm the reason for the ban.

An official at the Office of the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission told the journalists: "China's internet is fully open. We welcome internet enterprises from all over the world to provide good information to the netizens of China.

"However, state cyber sovereignty rights shall be maintained towards some overseas websites violating China's laws and regulations, spreading rumours, pornographic information, gambling, violent terrorism and some other illegal harmful information which will endanger state security and damage national pride."

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the ban was an issue for China.

"China's a sovereign country, they make decisions about what happens there, we make decisions about what happens here," he told radio station 3AW.

The ABC launched a Chinese-language version of its news site last year.

ABC previously criticised
The latest move comes amid a period of diplomatic tensions between the two nations over reports of China's alleged interference in Australian politics and society. This had led to Canberra enacting new laws aimed at preventing foreign interference.

Last year, China's embassy in Canberra heavily criticised Australia media reports, including an investigation from the ABC and Fairfax Media, about Beijing's influence in Australia.

"Those reports, which were made up out of thin air and filled with Cold War mentality and ideological bias, reflected a typical anti-China hysteria and paranoi[a]," the embassy said.

Last month, Canberra also effectively barred Chinese telecommunications firm Huawei from competing for its 5G network, after it extended national security regulations on the infrastructure project.

Under the plan, POSCO will invest 26 trillion won to 2023 in upgrading and adding steel facilities, another 10 trillion won in new business sectors, including lithium batteries, and the rest on its energy business, the company said in a statement.

The plan will lift total spending over the five-year period by 27 trillion won to 45 trillion won, some two-and-a-half times the 18 trillion won it spent over the previous five years, according to company data.

In late August, POSCO sealed a deal to buy lithium mining rights in Argentina from Australian miner Galaxy Resources for $280 million

Ard Daatgal has been permitted to conduct an initial public offering for 30 percent (7.5 million) of its registered shares at the price of 700 MNT per share, and Mandal Daatgal has been allowed to raise capital with the sale of 25 percent (1.6 million) of its registered stocks through an IPO with a single share price of 4,800 MNT.

In addition, UB city has been supporting citizens who want to grow vegetables. This year, over 800 people cultivated 53 hectares of vegetables and set up more than 30 glass-houses in the Songinokhairkhan district.

• To grant MNT 56.3 billion worth incentives in total;

• Amend the state budget;

• Increase teachers’ salary by 15 percent starting from September 1, 2018;

• Increase teachers’ salary by 50 percent starting from September 1, 2019. With the deal, the strike was postponed for an indefinite time and the demand was to be considered in phases. The Minister Tsogzolmaa Tsedenbal responded, “MNT 300,000 incentives will be distributed to every teachers and is allocated to the State Budget. In order to resolve the issue, the Government decided to add them to teachers’ base salary, instead of a one-time incentive. As for the 15 percent, the Cabinet decided on 8-12.3 percent. The minister alone cannot resolve the 50 percent pay raise. You all know it is not economically possible. Therefore, it is better to take a step in the coming years by solving the current problem through consensus.” However, the Trade Union of Teachers considered the deal is not a real solution and announced to strike as scheduled. The union disclosed that 16 scientific institutes, 26 kindergartens and about 70 schools will participate in the strike today.

Mr Liu, one of China's richest people, was arrested in Minneapolis shortly before midnight on Friday and released on Saturday afternoon.

JD.com said Mr Liu, also known as Richard Liu, was falsely accused. Police say the investigation is open.

The Chinese e-commerce firm JD.com has alliances with Tencent and Walmart.

JD.com said in a statement on the Chinese social media platform Weibo that Mr Liu arrest in Minnesota was based on an "unsubstantiated accusation".

"The local police quickly determined there was no substance to the claim against Mr Liu and he was subsequently able to resume his business activities as originally planned," it said.

Minneapolis police said they were releasing no further information on the case as it remained active.

"We made the decision to release him, that is not indicative of the strength of the evidence," John Elder, police public information officer, told the BBC.

"There is absolutely no restriction on his travel. The understanding is that if we need to get in touch with him, we will be able to do so."