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Darkhan Road construction work at 60.2% www.gogo.mn

With the financing of the Asian Development Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, expansion and renovation of the Ulaanbaatar-Darkhan road and the construction of an additional two-lane road have been under construction since 2019.
The construction work funded by the Asian Development Bank has been completed and traffic has opened. As for the remaining two sets, the second set has performance of 72.27% and the fourth set has 66.5%. 275 people and 103 machines are operating on the road construction work.
The construction of an additional two-lane road financed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development continues with completion of 60.2%.
In particular, the first set from the intersection of Western province to Kharmodot pass has performance of 77.1%, the second set from the back of the Kharmodot pass to Urikhan has performance of 54.2%, the third set from Urikhan to the Sumber intersection has performance of 53.1%, and the fourth set from the Sumber intersection to the Tsaidam valley is 53.4%, and the fifth section from Tsaidam valley to Darkhan intersection is 63.2%. Total of 548 people and 259 equipment are operating.
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Four Dead over Flooding in Ulaanbaatar, Recovery Ongoing www.montsame.mn

Four people died and hundreds of families were affected and suffered damages associated with the flooding in Ulaanbaatar from torrential rain on August 5.
According to the Mongolian National Agency for Meteorology and Environmental Monitoring, 12 mm of rain fell in the areas of Jamsran Mountain, the territory of 21, 27, 29 khoroos /the smallest administrative unit/ of Bayanzurkh District, causing heavy flash flooding.
The emergency response began with rescue and displacing operations, cutting off damaged roads and passages, recovering the electricity supply, and distributing relief items.
Governor of the capital city and Mayor of Ulaanbaatar Sumyabazar Dolgorsuren informed that the city administration decided to provide apartments to the families of the deceased and furnished Mongol Gers to 16 families, who lost homes due to the flooding, financed from the Capital City Governor’s Reserve Fund.
Now flooding rescue and relief activities, including setting up relief centers, distribution of more relief items, disinfection of flooded areas, and restoring and strengthening damaged roads and bridges are underway. Over 1200 emergency officers and some 90 vehicles are working in the damaged areas.
A total of 250 cars have been affected by the three extreme events of flooding in Ulaanbaatar this summer times, as insurance companies reported.
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China Donates Assistance to People Affected by Flood www.montsame.mn

Chief of the National Emergency Management Agency Major General G. Ariunbuyan received Vice Minister of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Guo Yezhou.
During the meeting, Vice Minister of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Guo Yezhou briefed on his official visit to Mongolia and presented the projects under implementation by the two countries. He informed about their intention to donate CNY 300,000 to overcome the flood disaster caused by heavy rains in the capital and rural areas in recent months, eliminate the harmful effects, and provide assistance to needy families.
Major General G. Ariunbuyan expressed the gratitude, touched upon the friendly relations and cooperation between the two countries, and the National Emergency Management Agency of Mongolia and the Ministry of Emergency Management of China, and exchanged views on cooperation in the introduction of innovative technique and equipment that are used in China during disasters and accidents.
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Mongolia looks to rise out of China and Russia’s shadow www.washingtonpost.com

In the last week of June, Mongolian Prime Minister Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene went to Beijing. He met Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People and came away with a raft of agreements deepening economic and trade ties with his southern neighbor. But around the same time, Mongolian officials in the capital Ulaanbaatar met with Jose Fernandez, the U.S. undersecretary of state for economic growth, energy and the environment, and signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on cultivating a supply chain of critical minerals and rare earth elements — resources that are key to the world’s clean energy transition and plentiful in Mongolia.
The interactions then offered a snapshot of the delicate dance played by Oyun-Erdene, whose landlocked country of some 3.4 million people remains in many ways beholden to its huge neighbors China and Russia, but whose democratically elected government is steadily working to diversify its economy and expand its ties to other powers in the region, including Japan, South Korea and the West.
Oyun-Erdene was in Washington last week, participating in meetings at the White House with Vice President Harris and separate sessions with Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. The Harvard-trained reformist had discussions on cooperation regarding minerals, including copper, and signed an “Open Skies” civil aviation agreement with the United States.
“Mongolia is developing its ‘third’ neighbor policy and it is very important to maintain balance in our foreign relations,” Oyun-Erdene told me during an interview in the Mongolian Embassy in Washington last week, stressing that he saw the United States as “one of the most important ‘third’ neighbors” his nation could have.
China and Russia draw closer, but how close?
But Mongolia’s leader also was clear-eyed about the complexities of his country’s position. Mongolia is heavily dependent on its imports of electricity, fuel and many other goods from Russia and China. It’s hoping to develop new infrastructure deals with Beijing that would better link the Mongolian economy to transit routes and ports through China. Long within Moscow’s orbit, Mongolia’s fledgling democracy emerged in the aftermath of the fall of the Soviet Union, but many bonds remain. Mongolia abstained on a U.N. General Assembly vote condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year.
Speaking beneath a portrait of Genghis Khan, the famed medieval Mongol conqueror, Oyun-Erdene extolled his nation’s parliamentary democracy and commitment to political values shared with the United States. But he cautioned against the ideological hawkishness that’s taken hold of U.S. Congress, with many lawmakers pushing for more of a direct confrontation with China.
“If there will be a new Cold War, it will be very different and difficult from the first one we had,” Oyun-Erdene told me, pointing to the dangers posed by conflict in a world shaped by rapidly advancing new technologies, including artificial intelligence. He said that while China’s “development path” and values differ greatly from that of the United States, the two global powers have a shared stake in many global challenges, including collective action on climate change.
The Mongolian prime minister also stressed that neither Russia nor China were a threat to his country, despite particularly pronounced anti-Beijing sentiment among his compatriots. “We have two immediate neighbors and we are different in government system and in some values,” he said. “But those two neighbors understand our development path chosen by the people of Mongolia, and they do have respect for our development path even though we differ from their systems.”
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But Mongolia is keen to broaden its horizons. Oyun-Erdene touted his government’s efforts to overcome a difficult political environment, which the U.S. ambassador in Ulaanbaatar described in January as “capricious, non-transparent, unpredictable,” adding that “corrupt application of laws and regulations make Mongolia unattractive for investors and challenging for importers and exporters.”
An aggressive anti-corruption crackdown is underway. Meanwhile, new constitutional reforms expanded the legislature and reshaped elections along a mixed system of proportional representation seen in countries like Germany and New Zealand. These measures, Oyun-Erdene told me, would help improve governance and transparency, especially surrounding the lucrative mining industry. “In the past, we did have some mistakes,” he said, but “now we are improving the investment environment.”
The potential could be huge, given Mongolia’s rich bequest of minerals — including copper and uranium — and rare earths. “Demand for critical minerals including rare earth elements, lithium and cobalt are expected to surge by as much as 600 per cent over the coming decade,” noted the Financial Times. “Demand for copper is forecast to double to about 50 million tons annually by 2035. And if the world is to reach net zero emissions by 2050, annual investment in nuclear energy will also have to triple to about $125 billion over the coming five years, according to the [International Energy Agency].”
Oyun-Erdene sees his nation’s gross domestic product potentially tripling by the end of the next decade. The most significant illustration of its prospects may be the mammoth Oyu Tolgoi copper mine, which sits amid the vast Gobi Desert and is run by multinational conglomerate Rio Tinto with a minority stake controlled by the Mongolian government. The mine sits above one of the world’s largest reserves of copper and gold deposits and started underground production in March after years of wrangling between the company and Ulaanbaatar.
This surge in output is a start, but further efforts to curb graft and improve transparency and significant investment in infrastructure need to follow. Oyun-Erdene speaks hopefully of his nation’s resource blessing enabling the development of more high-end sectors of the supply chain; he has pitched Mongolia to Tesla chief executive Elon Musk for its ability both to contribute to the manufacture of electric vehicles as well as ventures into space.
“Mongolia should not just be a mining country. We have great potentials in other sectors, too,” Oyun-Erdene said. “There is a phrase that I like to say: ‘Mongolia is landlocked but not mind-blocked.’”
By Ishaan Tharoor
Ishaan Tharoor is a foreign affairs columnist at The Washington Post, where he authors the Today's WorldView newsletter and column. In 2021, he won the Arthur Ross Media Award in Commentary from the American Academy of Diplomacy. He previously was a senior editor and correspondent at Time magazine, based first in Hong Kong and later in New York
 
 
 
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Mongolia's central bank purchases 8.5 tons of gold in 7 months www.xinhuanet.com

Mongolia's central bank purchased a total of 8.5 tons of gold in the first seven months of this year from legal entities and individuals.
As of July, the Bank of Mongolia's average gold purchase price had been 215,352.28 Mongolian tugriks (62 U.S. dollars) per gram, the bank said in a statement on Monday.
Purchasing gold is one of the key ways for the central bank to ensure the country's economic stability by consistently increasing foreign currency reserves, said the bank.
Mongolia's foreign exchange reserves stood at 3.9 billion dollars in mid-June, according to the central bank.
The country's forex reserves stood at 4.9 billion dollars at the end of April 2021, hitting an all-time high.
The Bank of Mongolia aims to obtain at least 22 tons by the end of this year. It bought 22.9 tons of gold in 2022.
 
 
 
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Mongolia signs digital skills partnership with Google as landlocked nation seeks closer ties with US www.scmp.com

Google and the government of Mongolia have struck a new partnership to bring digital devices and training to Mongolian classrooms, as the East Asian country, sandwiched between China and Russia, seeks to strengthen ties with the US.
Under the plan, 20,000 new Chromebook laptops will be supplied to Mongolian teachers and provide training for 10,000 of them, promoting proficiency in the use of technology in classrooms, the Mongolian government said in a joint press release with the Californian company.
Google for Education is a “key partner” for Mongolia in its long-term development plan, which seeks to prepare the country’s school-age children for the digitally transforming world, it said.
“Through this initiative with Google, the life chances of Mongolia’s youth will not only improve, but our thriving start-up ecosystems and growth in high innovation sectors will be further supported,” said Mongolian Prime Minister Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene.
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Google will also provide the country with 1 million Google for Education Workspace accounts and 1,000 scholarships for Google Career Certificates to “upskill Mongolians in high-demand tech skills ranging from cybersecurity to data analytics”, John Solomon, vice-president at Google for Education and ChromeOS, said.
Google executives and Mongolian officials also discussed other collaborative opportunities that would incorporate Google for Start-ups, YouTube Local and artificial intelligence, according to their statement.
Oyun-Erdene signed the deal during an eventful trip to the US, where he also met with US Vice-President Kamala Harris, other senior government officials and private sector figures in Washington last week to discuss strengthening bilateral strategic partnerships.
In a joint statement on Wednesday, Mongolia and the US agreed to strengthen cooperation in areas including rare earth minerals, technology and energy. Both governments also hailed a new Open Skies Agreement that allows direct flights between the countries.
Mongolia holds a growing role in the global tech landscape, as it is rich in rare earth and copper deposits, which are crucial in the manufacturing of hi-tech products such as defence equipment and electric vehicles, which are part of many nations’ plans to address climate change.
Mongolia has cultivated partnerships with both the US and China this year. Landlocked Mongolia has long relied on its two massive neighbours, China and Russia, for most of its trade.
The country has a population of over 3 million, 65 per cent under the age of 35, making it ready to take advantage of the opportunities offered by the worldwide growth of the digital and technology sectors, according to the government.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently spoke with Oyun-Erdene over possible investments and cooperation in the electric vehicle sector. SpaceX, another company helmed by Musk and the operator of satellite internet system Starlink, received government approval last month to provide internet services in Mongolia.
In the past two years, Mongolia has moved up 18 places on the United Nations E-Government Development Index, which measures how a country is using information technologies to promote access and inclusion of its people. It currently ranks 74th.
BY Dylan Butts
Dylan is an American who graduated from the University of Hong Kong's Master of Journalism programme in 2022.
 
 
 
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Lightning kills 2 in western www.xinhuanet.com

Two girls aged 11 and 12 were killed and a boy aged 14 seriously injured due to lightning in western Mongolia, the country's National Emergency Management Agency said Sunday.
The incident happened in Tarialan soum (administrative subdivision) of Uvs province on Saturday evening, the emergency agency said, adding that the injured boy is now under treatment in a local hospital.
In the coming days, large parts of Mongolia, especially the central and eastern provinces, are expected to see torrential rains accompanied by lightning and thunder, the agency said, urging the public to take precautions.
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Mongolian Mutton Store in Dubai www.montsame.mn

The largest food shopping center in Dubai of the United Arab Emirates has started selling Mongolian mutton.
As part of the implementation of the goal to "increase meat exports" specified in the Action Program of the Government of Mongolia, Mongolian meat producers commenced supplying meat prepared by halal method in Mongolia to the UAE market from April 2023. In order to bring Mongolian mutton closer to consumers of the Emirates, a Mongolian mutton store has been opened in Dubai's largest food shopping center in August.
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US Eyeing ‘Creative Ways’ to Help Mongolia Export Rare Earths www.asiafinancial.com

The US and Mongolia have agreed to look at “creative ways” to help the landlocked, minerals-rich country export its rare earths metals to the world market.
Prime Minister L Oyun-Erdene said, after meeting US Vice President Kamala Harris in Washington this week, that Mongolia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south, would deepen cooperation with the United States on mining rare earths and other minerals with high-tech applications.
On Friday, he met with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and signed an “Open Skies” civil aviation agreement, and both sides pledged further economic cooperation.
A US State Department official briefing reporters said the national carrier MIAT Mongolian Airlines would be able to fly direct to an as-yet-undecided US airport by next year.
The two sides also discussed how to follow up on a memorandum of understanding signed in June by the State Department and Mongolia’s ministry of mining and heavy industry.
“The many discussions that we’ve had over the last few days were talking about specific areas where we can help Mongolia understand what it has, ways where it can extract it, and ways where it can produce it,” the official said.
“We certainly are eager to help the Mongolians find creative solutions by which it can help take more control over mining, exploring, extracting and producing critical minerals and rare earth elements.”
Asked about how to ensure that Mongolia could exporting such commodities without hindrance, the official said it was in a “tough geopolitical situation”, being landlocked. “So we talked about … very creative ways where we can get that … available to the market.”
Rare earths and copper are vital for high-tech applications, including defence equipment, and for US President Joe Biden’s efforts to electrify the auto market to help stave off climate change.
The United States is keen to secure sources beyond its main global rival, China, which last year accounted for more than 70% of world rare earth production.
BY: Sean O'Meara is an Editor at Asia Financial. He has been a newspaper man for more than 30 years, working at local, regional and national titles in the UK as a writer, sub-editor, page designer and print editor. A football, cricket and rugby fan, he has a particular interest in sports finance.
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Today’s youth present a new era of skyrunning. Spain and Mongolia triumph www.skyrunning.com

With 31 countries from five continents participating in the first race of the 2023 Youth Skyrunning World Championships, the competition, camaraderie, colours and burning lungs highlighted the event – for many their first attempt at a Vertical Kilometer® – and a medal.
With four categories and 75 medals at stake, Spanish star Ïu Net, 19, clinched the gold in his category and stopped the clock at 36’46”, the fastest time on the course today. The fastest woman was 16 year-old Ingeborg Syntnes from Norway in 46’39”, who beat all the other categories paving the way for a new skyrunning era. Both athletes took gold medals in the 2022 Youth Championships.
The surprises are far from finished. The first ever participant from new ISF Member Mongolia, Natsagdorj Luvansharav conquered the VERTICAL in the U23 and took a gold medal home.
It was a day of global results. The medal count saw Spain take nine medals; Japan and Italy three; Sweden and Germany two; and one each for Norway, USA, Switzerland and Chile.
Valeria Correa from Chile, who took three gold medals in the South American Skyrunning Championships earlier this year, won the first medal for her country in the Youth Championships, a silver. However, it was Caroline Ulrich from Switzerland who crushed the competition with an almost a three-minute lead, proving the stellar level of this edition.
Set in Italy’s Appenine mountains in Gran Sasso, the weekend’s calendar unfolds as follows:
August 4 – VERTICAL – 3.8 km long with 1,033m vertical climb
August 6 – SKY – 23 km long with 2,226m vertical climb
August 6 – SKY YOUTH A & B – 13 km long with 1,300m vertical climb
This seventh edition of the Youth Skyrunning World Championships represent the first occasion to carry out scientific research on young skyrunners. The aim of the study is to investigate hydration before competing and blood lactate accumulation after the VERTICAL. Results of the studies will be published in November.
Spain is currently leading the team ranking followed by Japan and UK, but the battle for the team title is still wide open.
Saturday will be dedicated to some well-earned rest with the VERTICAL medal award ceremony before Sunday’s two SKY races awarding also the COMBINED titles for the sum of the VERTICAL and the SKY results.
YOUTH A MEN
GOLD – Biel Sagués (ESP) 40’03”
SILVER – Kanji Kishimoto (JPN) 42’42”
BRONZE – Walter Silas (GER) 42’46”
YOUTH A WOMEN
GOLD – Ingeborg Syntnes Hole (NOR) 46’39”
SILVER – Riko Obata (JPN) 49’07”
BRONZE – Uma Plans (ESP) 50’28”
YOUTH B MEN
GOLD – Lluis Puigvert (ESP) 37’54”
SILVER – Coby Marvin (USA) 41’56”
BRONZE – Martino Utzeri (ITA) 43’27”
YOUTH B WOMEN
GOLD – Gabriela Lasalle (ESP) 47’36”
SILVER – Karen Kobayashi (JPN) 49’44”
BRONZE – Alice Maniezzo (ITA) 50’23”
YOUTH C MEN
GOLD – Iu Net Puig (ESP) 36’46”
SILVER – Jan Castillo (ESP) 38’43”
BRONZE – Finn Hösch (GER) 39’52”
YOUTH C WOMEN
GOLD – Carrodilla Cabestre (ESP) 47’42”
SILVER – Lisa Åkesson (SWE) 49’02”
BRONZE – Erika Åkesson (SWE) 49’45”
U23 MEN
GOLD – Natsagdorj Luvansharav (MNG) 37’28”
SILVER – Arnau Aranda (ESP) 37’42”
BRONZE – Gianluca Ghiano (ITA) 39’22”
U23 WOMEN
GOLD – Caroline Ulrich (SUI) 47’57”
SILVER – Valeria Correa (CHI) 50’52”
BRONZE – Nuria Tarragó (ESP) 51’03”
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