Dayan blasted the last bench Jan. 13 after a lengthy shaft-sinking program that endured a number of prolonged work shutdowns at the project.

The milestone was “…made all the more impressive by the exceptional safety performance,” stated Turquois Hill Resources project director Michel Charron

Oyu Tolgoi’s 2 shaft is a combined skipping and service shaft which will support the early development and extraction activities at the South Hugo Dummett block cave mine.

Situated in the south Gobi Desert, DCM employed approximately 200 Mongolian nationals to make up 75 per cent of the shaft workforce in order to complete the construction project.

In addition to shaft sinking efforts, nearly 135,000 cubic metres of mass excavation has been completed in order to support the high tonnage installations yet to be completed.

The Dayan team is currently focusing on the installation of the 7.2-metres diameter production friction hoist and 6.75-metre diameter service hoist installation atop the concrete headframe, concurrent with shaft outfitting efforts.

Once complete, this installation will be one of the largest of its kind in the world, capable of hoisting 30,000 tons per day in rock, and transporting people and supplies via the 24.3-square-metre service cage.

Bank officials say these currencies are not recognized as legal tender, and there is no law to regulate them.

The central bank said on Monday it had instructed banks and credit card firms not to engage in investment or trading in digital currencies.

The central bank also asked financial institutions not to allow customers to use credit cards to buy virtual currencies, and not to give advice about investment in cryptocurrencies.

The administration is working towards introduction of bike rental service in Ulaanbaatar, following the examples of major cities around the world.

Individuals and entities interested in working on the project will have to submit their plan to the Mayor’s Office until March 1. The plan should cover aspects including the number of bicycles, location, technical solution, quality and technical indicators of the rental bicycles, rental payment value, introduction of monitoring system, maintenance service and operations and finance.
Kh.Aminaa

The project has 8 fundamental principles based on Mongolia’s features and experiences of developed countries and reflects major government actions for sustainable economic growth, said the director of Research and Statistics Department of the Bank of Mongolia, D.Gan-Ochir.

“Mongolia must conduct a proper budget policy. In other words, the Government should invest revenue from mining and other sectors in personal and infrastructure development. It is extremely important to improve human development or the people’s education. Educated people will work in multiple sectors developing multi-pillar economy. In addition, the exchange rate policy must be flexible. This will allow to overcome any exchange rate related difficulties with minimal loss. On the other hand, employment should be increased. Mongolia must have a fair multiple tax system to eliminate income difference. Generally the project presented today includes all of the above mentioned. So we’ll support the project” said the IMF Resident Representative for Mongolia, Neil Saker.

The suggestions and conclusions made by the professional organizations during the discussion will be included in the ‘Ulaanbaatar consonance’ project and submitted to decision makers.

B.Misheel

At the press conference, the Mining and Heavy Industry Minister D.Sumiyabazar briefed about last year’s report on the sector and plans for 2018.

For instance, the Mineral Resources and Petroleum Authority expects to accumulate MNT291.8 billion at the state budget in 2018, of which MNT223.4 billion will come from oil export. As of January, 2018 the sector accumulated MNT21.9 billion, of which MNT19.2 billion came from oil export.

In 2018, it is planned to extract 8.1 million barrel or 1.1 million tons oil, accumulating MNT223.4 billion at the state budget. As of February 1, 2018, it has extracted 616.8 thousand barrel or 83.6 thousand tons of oil, with a 7.6 percent fulfillment of the plan. Moreover, 558.2 thousand barrel or 75.7 thousand tons oil were exported. The oil export in January brought MNT19.2 billion to the state budget.

In addition, the Minister said that Mongolia has a reserve of oil products equal to 38-days’ consumption by February 5, 2018.

M.Unurzul

The revised Regulation on Security registration has improved the regulation of double registration of securities and made registration process accord with the international common practice. It is notable that major reforms have been made n the Regulation on Security index calculation including detailed regulation of the index calculator and classification index calculation.

The Securities trading regulation has amendments such as defining closing price at the weighted average trading over the last one-hour to make the closing price more realistic.

The revised and amended regulations will be effective from February 19.
B.Misheel

The steel price index came in at 121.8 at the end of December, up 22.4 percent from the beginning of 2017, the MIIT said.

It attributed the increase to cutting overcapacity, a ban on low-quality steel, production restrictions during winter, and recovering market demand.

China slashed its crude steel production capacity by more than 50 million tons in 2017, exceeding its annual target, as part of efforts to improve the competitiveness of the bloated sector.

The country also phased out the production of 140 million tons of low-quality steel made from scrap metal last year.

The industry's profitability improved, with major steel producers' profits surging 613.6 percent, the MIIT cited data from the China Iron and Steel Association as saying.

Despite the improvement, the MIIT warned of more difficulties in further capacity reduction as the increased profits may lure some producers to launch new projects.

China plans to eliminate 100 million to 150 million tons of crude steel capacity in the five years from 2016.

“Growth will not happen until the current panic recedes, and this may take weeks and months,” Mikhail Mashchenko, an analyst at social network for investors eToro, told RT.

"Those who want to invest in the cryptocurrencies may try to start opening positions on it. At least, it is much more reasonable than waiting for the return of the exchange rate to its maximum highs.”

The last week’s sell-off was partially triggered by a panic on the US stock markets, since venture capital like bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies is the first thing investors jettison when turbulence occurs in traditional markets, he added.

Nikolay Kotov, analyst at Analitika Online, told RT that current prices represent a good opportunity to buy bitcoin, since this year’s sell-off is not the first tough period for digital assets.

“The history of stock markets repeats itself. It is unprofessional to draw conclusions because of the bearish candle in BTC/USD pair. Personally, I buy bitcoin and ethereum and take long-term positions with targets 33 percent higher than previous local highs,” Kotov said.

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies were recovering strongly on Monday. The leading cryptocurrency surged almost 10 percent to $8,700, ethereum jumped 8.5 percent to $870, and ripple surged 13 percent to $1.10. All of the top 100 cryptocurrencies on Coinmarketcap were trading in positive territory.

According to the report, the company earned sales revenue of MNT 428 billion in 2017, 2.4 times high compared to 2016.

MNT 48 billion was paid to income tax and the company had MNT 141 billion net profit.

In 2016 the company distributed 85 percent or MNT 45.9 billion of its net profit in the form of dividents which means MNT 872 in per share.

In addition the company's market cap reached MNT 563 billion and set the record in the Mongolian Stock Exchange with MNT 1.4 million per stock and dividend of MNT 130 thousand per share in 2011.

B.Batchimeg