Key actions from the Government of Mongolia to prevent from the Coronavirus:
All flights from/to Japan and South Korea suspended until at least March 11.
Public events including conferences, sports, and entertainment events have been prohibited.
Mongolian and foreign nationals arriving from the countries affected by Covid-19 in quarantine for 14 days starting from their date of arrival.
All authorities of the state organizations banned to do domestic and foreign business trips until March 30.
It is assigned to penalize individuals who lied about their travel history and health or refused to give the information required upon arrival from coronavirus-affected countries.
It has been decided to empty some state and private hospitals in the city, including the Military Medical Center and health resorts in provincial centers, if the new coronavirus comes into the country.
MIAT Mongolian Airlines cancelled the flights to Bangkok and Tokyo until March 30.
Inter-provincial roads and highways throughout Mongolia including public buses and domestic flights are closed during the Mongolian Lunar New Year (23 Feb – 27 Feb). The State Emergency Commission made a decision to extend the suspension of traffic movements until March 3rd.
It is suspended Tsagaan Sar celebration which is the traditional Mongolian celebration of Lunar New Year (23 Feb-26 Feb).
Every university, high schools, kindergarten and vocational training center have been suspended all around the until March 31.
Mongolians prohibited to travel the countries affected by Covid-19 until March 02. It is now extended until March 31.
The government of Mongolia and non-governmental organizations has decided to launch a campaign to provide assistance to China to help contain the outbreak of coronavirus under a slogan of “Emotional Support to Eternal Neighbor”.
All borders with China have been closed to foot and vehicle traffic since January 27.
As of March 1, 2020, the number of coronavirus infections reached 86,964 worldwide with 2,978 dead, 42,126 recovered and infection has been detected at least in 57 countries. It if fataly rate 3.42% and recovery rate 46.43%.

It regulates that the drivers, who fully ensured disinfection, quarantine and hygiene requirements should crossed out the border, transporting coal, petroleum and minerals and come back within the day. Copper concentrate export by Oyu Tolgoi deposit is running normally so far and trucks are being completely disinfected in addition to providing protective wears to heavy truck drivers. Therefore, it was resolved to introduce the standard into other exports, reports Ch.Khurelbaatar, Minister of Finance.

Furthermore, several regulations have been reflected in the resolution regarding to easing burden on individuals and entities. In particular, the resolution included issues such as formulation of a bill on not imposing deferred interest and fine in cases the entities could not pay their social insurance premium of their staffs in the period of heightened state of readiness and its submission to the Parliament. Moreover, a bill on not imposing fine and deferred interest on entities that couldn’t pay their tax and exempting markets, trade centers and service provider places which reduced their rental payment, from income tax, will be submitted to the Parliament.

“Although the state budget revenue dropped by MNT 210 billion compared to the same period of the previous year, no budget amendments will be made this year. The country’s economy is shrinking to a certain extent in the period of heightened state of readiness. As suspension of investment will cause adverse impact in this time, general budget managers have been ordered to carry out tender works on building schools, kindergartens and hospitals. In the last two to three years, the Government set goals and worked on improving economic basic indicators and easing debt burden. As a result, the Government paid back debt worth MNT 8.2 trillion. Therefore, the budget has a capability to overcome one-year hardship. Mongolia exported 4 million tons of coal this time last year. While, as of the first two months of this year, the country has exported 2.7 million tons of coal. The Chinese side expressed its readiness to receive coal from Mongolia,” the Finance Minister said.

Additionally, authorities of the Bank of Mongolia presented measures to be taken. The BoM’s Monetary Policy Council plans to hold its meeting at the beginning of March to discuss whether to reduce monetary policy rate. "With reduction of the monetary policy rate, conditions will be created to improve solvency of the banks and to decrease loan interest," said BoM President Lkhagvasuren.

In the prevention of pasture deterioration, grazing areas in aimags such as Bulgan, Tuv, and Arkhangai will be freed, as herders of other aimags oblidged to leave the areas by March 1.

Bulgan aimag received the most number of livestock for fall and winter grazing. Herders from Dundgobi, Uvurkhangai, Tuv, and Arkhangai aimags have been grazing their animals in the territories of Rashaant, Gurvanbulag, Saikhan and Mogod soums of Bulgan aimag, said D.Batmunkh, head of Department of Animal Husbandry Development Policy and Coordination, MFALI.

The hay and fodder worth MNT1.9 billion will be distributed from the state reserve to some aimags, where spring conditions are likely to worsen.

Since 2016, the creation of Mongolian Business Database (MBD), we have been operating active projects according to the mission of being "A bridge of your business with Mongolia". MBD has become a leading network/business platform. Currently 7600 businesses in Mongolia and investors/professionals from abroad are keeping an eye on Mongolia via MBD.

We aim to specifically promote particular B2B business cases by our information links and communication network. We will be pleased to be soon announcing the opening of new business projects by MBD which relate to UK and Czech Republic. Taking this opportunity, we wish to express our special gratitude for the cooperation and assistance to the Embassies of UK, Czech Republic and Australia, Mongolian-British Chamber of Commerce (John Grogan), Honorary Council General of Mongolia in Sydney (Nigel Finch) and the team at Petrovis Company!!

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The world’s no. 2 miner continues drilling and geophysical testing at the asset, which could be its next major copper project, and is progressing discussions with landowners to keep moving forward.

Chief executive officer Jean-Sébastien Jacques said on Wednesday that the company’s job was to create options to meet market demand.

“A great example of one is Winu, our copper opportunity in Western Australia,” he said.

The Winu copper-gold-silver discovery is about 130 km (80 miles) from Newcrest’s Telfer copper-gold mine in the East Pilbara. It’s also close to numerous copper prospects discovered recently by juniors, and 350 km (220 miles) southeast of Port Hedland, the world’s largest bulk export port.

Rio has been investing heavily in copper in the past two years as it believes the market will soon go into deficit amid expectations that bigger power grids around the world and an electric-vehicle boom will boost demand, while supplies will remain constrained.

Chile, the world’s largest copper mining nation, has echoed the company’s outlook. In January, the state copper commission, Cochilco, said the anticipated global shortage of the metal would materialize this year, reaching about 22,000 tonnes. The agency cited a consumption increase paired with falling volumes of copper scrap processing as the most obvious causes.

Chief financial officer Jakob Stausholm confirmed on Wednesday Rio’s focus on the red metal, noting that most of the exploration expenditure was going towards the commodity.

In the past, analysts have questioned the mining giant’s ability to scale up its copper business quickly without making an expensive acquisition, especially after facing challenges at key assets.

Rio had to delay first production from the $5.3 billion underground expansion of its Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold-silver mine in Mongolia. Originally scheduled for early 2020, it’s now expected to happen in the third quarter of 2021.

Rio also decided to sell its interest in the Grasberg mine in Indonesia, the world’s second-biggest copper mine, as part of a deal that put an end to years of disagreements between operator Freeport McMoRan (NYSE:FCX) and the country’s government.

Demonstrating an increased interest in new discoveries, last year, it invested a further $302 million to advance its Resolution copper project in Arizona and has been advancing other copper projects, such as the Citadel project with Antipa Minerals (ASX:AZY) in Western Australia, and Berenguela, in south-eastern Peru. Rio has also applied for exploration permits in northern Chile.

"It's not just looking at things still depressed. It's looking at where the bottom is and are we starting to march our way upward?" he said.

Lupton added that 15 percent quarter-on-quarter annualized growth could still be possible. "If you get a rebound that's happening, even if you're still down 30 percent, if you were down 50 percent, that's a 20 percentage point move that actually starts to impact growth not just in the second quarter but even in the late first quarter."

According to the economist, there will be increased fiscal stimulus from China's central bank, which will aid the country's ability to recover economically.

The International Monetary Fund has cut its growth outlook for China's economy by 0.4 percentage points to 5.6 percent, saying that announced policies are being implemented and China's economy will return to normal in the second quarter.

Chinese President Xi Jinping Thursday held talks with Battulga at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, the Xinhua News Agency reported.

Xi said the Chinese government and people are making all-out efforts to fight the coronavirus outbreak, during which the Mongolian government and people have offered support.

Hailing Battulga as the first foreign head of state to visit China since the outbreak, Xi said the special visit by Battulga to express consolations and support to China fully embodies the high attention he pays to China-Mongolia ties and the profound friendship between the two peoples.

"This vividly shows that the two neighbors are in the same boat and working hand in hand to help each other," Xi said.

According to a video released by the China Central Television, after the meeting with Xi, Battulga, on behalf of his country, presented a certificate of ownership of 30,000 Mongolian sheep to Xi, as a donation to China to support the fight against COVID-19.

The Chinese people made a lot of comments on social media to show their appreciation, the topic of "Mongolian President donated 30,000 sheep to China" received more than 100 million views on Sina Weibo as of press time.

Many of them joked that they were thinking about hot pot and barbeque as lamb is popular in Chinese cuisine.

"Gosh, I really want to eat one. Thank you Mongolia!" read one comment on Sina Weibo.

"How could we transport those sheep from China-Mongolia border to Hubei Province? How about we make some lamb dumplings and send them to the medical workers in Wuhan?" said another.

"Thirty thousand sheep worth about 60 million yuan ($8.65 million) in China, what a concrete donation from a developing country. The US said they will donate about $100 million, but where is it?"

This is not the first donation from Mongolia. Mongolian Prime Minister Ukhnaa Khurelsukh said at a recent meeting with Chinese Ambassador to Mongolia Chai Wenrui that the Mongolian government has donated $200,000 for China's epidemic control effort and Mongolia is willing to continue to provide necessary support to China, Xinhua reported on Thursday.