‘E-Police’ traffic penalty app to be launched www.montsame.mn

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Starting from October 1, traffic violation fines will be charged with the information from citizens. People will be able to report traffic violations to relevant officials via ‘E Police’ app.

Freeport, Rio formally yield control of giant Grasberg mine to Indonesia www.mining.com

Freeport McMoRan (NYSE:FCX) and Rio Tinto (LON:RIO) signed Thursday final agreements that give Indonesia a majority stake in their Grasberg copper mine, the world's second-largest, and which would be transferred to the state-owned mining company PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium (Inalum).

Google grilled over 'Project Dragonfly' at Senate hearing on data privacy www.cnn.com

Google has finally admitted that a "Project Dragonfly" is indeed in the works.
But that's about all a Google executive was willing to divulge Wednesday about the codenamed plan, which has been widely reported to be a search product the company is developing for China — one that would need to comply with government censorship.

The rumored existence of the Chinese search engine came up repeatedly during a Senate committee hearing in Washington, where several major technology and telecommunications executives were testifying about a potential federal law to regulate data privacy.

The prospect of a Google-sanctioned search engine for China has become a hot-button issue. Reports began surfacing last month that Google was working on a product that would block sensitive websites and search terms in accordance with Chinese censorship.

The New York Times later reported that more than a thousand Google employees have questioned the plan. That criticism is ongoing — The Times reported early Wednesday that a former Google research scientist blasted the Chinese search product in a letter to lawmakers this week.

However, Google had refused to comment until Wednseday, when Google (GOOG) chief privacy officer Keith Enright joined executives from AT&T (T), Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL), Twitter (TWTR) and Charter Communications (CHTR) at the Senate hearing (AT&T owns CNN.). The point of the hearing was for the executives to outline what they want out of any new US regulatory proposal — they largely opposed any law as restrictive as the recent data privacy reforms adopted or passed by the European Union and California.

But lawmakers fixated on Enright. They lobbed questions at him about all kinds of controversies facing Google and the rest of the tech industry, privacy-related or otherwise.

Enright did not link "Dragonfly" to the reports about developing a Chinese search engine. He name-dropped it only when pressed about the existence of a "Project Dragonfly" by Senator Ted Cruz, a Texas Republican.

"I am not clear on the contours of what is in scope or out of scope for that project," Enright added.

When Cruz prodded Enright for more information, the privacy officer would only reiterate what CEO Sundar Pichai has already said about the rumored product.

"I need to be clear for the record that my understanding is that we are not close to launching a search product in China," Enright said. "And whether we eventually could or would remains unclear."

Though Google received a lot of the attention at Wednesday's hearing, the other companies did not entirely escape scrutiny. Lawmakers peppered the executives with questions about how they use consumer data, and how they define what is private and what is not.

The concept of a federal law that governs data privacy has become increasingly important to lawmakers, especially in recent months.

The European Union made waves earlier this year when its General Data Protection Regulation went into effect. Those rules forced companies that operate in that region to revise their data privacy policies.

Then in June, California passed the toughest data privacy law in the US. When that law goes into effect in 2020, it will grant consumers the right to know what companies like Facebook and Google are collecting from them, why those companies are collecting it and who they are sharing it with. Consumers will also be able to bar tech companies from selling their data.

AT&T's Len Cali, the senior vice president of global public policy, cited a "host of burdens" associated with the GDPR during his testimony Wednesday.

"Perhaps if it existed at the the companies at this table started, we wouldn't be here, none of them would be here," he said.

Other executives argued along similar lines, adding that whatever law is passed should not be so cumbersome as to hurt innovation, especially at small and medium-sized companies. Many also wanted a law that pre-empts state statutes, like the one California just passed.

Consumer advocacy groups have opposed the industry's objections to GDPR and the California law. In a letter to the Senate committee that conducted the hearing, the American Civil Liberties Union called for legislation that would install safeguards for consumers.

"In the last year, we have seen countless data breaches, sharing of sensitive data without consent, and reports that companies have misled consumers regarding their data practices," the ACLU wrote. "It is past time for Congress to right the imbalance in our laws that has failed to protect consumers from industry practices that strip them over control of their data in the interest of profit."

Senator John Thune, the chairman of the commerce, science and transportation committee and a South Dakota Republican, said Wednesday that lawmakers intend to hold a second hearing next month. He added that a California privacy activist and the head of GDPR enforcement have already agreed to testify.

Bank of Mongolia to keep inflation rate stable and increase foreign exchange reserves www.montsame.mn

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Governor of the Bank of Mongolia N.Bayartsaikhan presented the parliamentary resolution draft of the Monetary Policy Guidelines for 2019 to the Speaker of the Parliament.

Mongolia to produce 300 thousand tonnes of processed fuel www.news.mn

The Mongolian government has decided to ban the burning of low-grade coal in the capital city of Ulaanbaatar from 1 April, 2019 in order to decrease air-pollution. Ulaanbaatar is one of the world’s most polluted cities and also one of the coldest, where the poorest residents are forced to burn wood, cheap coal and sometimes even rubbish as temperatures plunge below minus 40 Celsius (minus 40 Fahrenheit) in winter.

Foreign Ministers of Mongolia and UK meet in New York www.news.mn

Foreign Minister D.Tsogtbaatar held meet with UK Minister of State for Asia and the Pacific of the Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Office Mark Field on the sidelines of the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly on 25 September.

Mongolian engineers create electric mini truck www.montsame.mn

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Mongolian engineers created a small electric truck that runs 100 km once it’s fully charged and doesn’t consume electricity in no-motion state. Currently, the cars are being tested.

ADB raises Mongolia's 2018 economic growth forecast to 6.4 pct www.xinhuanet.com

ULAN BATOR, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday upgraded Mongolia's economic growth to 6.4 percent this year from the previous forecast of 3.8 percent.

Mongolia: IndustriALL and Rio Tinto conduct joint mission at Oyu Tolgoi mine www.industriall-union.org

Global social dialogue between IndustriALL Global Union and Rio Tinto took a significant step forward when both parties undertook a joint mission to Rio Tinto’s massive Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold operations and underground expansion in the remote South Gobi desert of Mongolia.

The joint mission took place from the 17th - 22nd September 2018. Michael Gavin, Rio Tinto’s group head of employee relations, and Glen Mpufane, IndustriALL’s mining director, led their respective delegations. The IndustriALL delegation included regional staff, representatives of local unions, and journalists from Dagens Arbete, the magazine of Swedish affiliate IF Metal.

A major objective of the mission was to evaluate Rio Tinto’s environmental, social and governance strategies. The operation has not been without controversy. During the mission, consultation was held with the herder community and their elders, the local community, the governor of Khanbogd sum, permanent and contractor employees, and NGOs critical of the operation.

Mongolia is richly endowed in natural resources and is heavily dependent on mining for its economic prospects. Oyu Tolgoi is the jewel in Rio Tinto’s crown, providing the company with an opportunity to demonstrate its commitment to responsible mining. Rio Tinto took the opportunity provided by the results of the Responsible Mining Index (RMI) to invite IndustriALL to Oyu Tolgoi.

IndustriALL participates in the RMI, which defines responsible mining as “…mining that demonstrably respects the interests of people and the environment, and contributes discernibly and fairly to broad economic development of the producing country.” Rio Tinto achieved one of the ten strongest results in four different areas: economic development, business conduct, working conditions and environmental responsibility.

IndustriALL held a workshop with Mongolian affiliate, the Federation of Energy, Geology and Mining Workers' Unions, for the leadership and over 40 representative shop stewards.

There are 16,117 workers at Oyu Tolgoi, split between a permanent Mongolian workforce of about 3,000 and a largely Mongolian and expatriate contractor workforce, involved in the underground expansion project. A major skills transfer from expatriates to Mongolians is a defining feature of skills development and training.

A large percentage of the Mongolian contracted workforce is set to be made permanent when the underground production comes on line. Evidence of the skills transfer is the large percentage of women operating massive hauling trucks at the open pit mine, and Mongolians holding critical senior management positions.

Glen Mpufane observed:

“The social license to operate is not a given, but must be earned, through transparency and trust in dialogue. Responsible mining is the pathway to obtaining that license”.

The conversation with Rio Tinto over its sustainability performance continues to include other global operations, for example QMM in Madagascar, RBM in South Africa, and the Rössing Uranium mine in Namibia.

SHIFTING TOWARDS FUTURE EXCELLENCE - 2018 www.mongolianbusinessdatabase.com

Shifting Towards Future Excellence - 2018 is a two-day project management professional development event, organized and hosted by PMI Mongolia Chapter on October 26-27 at Best Western Premier Tuushin Hotel. 
LEARN, NETWORK, BE GLOBAL

PURPOSE

Two-day conference will highlight PMI Mongolia Chapter's 5th year anniversary along with past achievements and engagement to Mongolian project management professionals and organizations. Within the perimeters of the framework two-day conference will cover Project Change Management, Agile Processes, BA for Effectiveness, Value Creations and Digital Transformation. Our main purpose is to distribute international standard knowledge of project, program, and portfolio management systematically in Mongolia. International Conference will introduce best practices of project management, new techniques, tools and trends.

WHO ARE WE?

Project management institute reaches across 2.9 million professionals in 200 countries. As a global thought leader and knowledge resource,PMI advances the profession of project management by developing global standards and credentials, creating collaborative communities, and conducting and publishing academic research.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
● Project, Program, Portfolio Managers
● Business Analysts, Investors
● Those wanting to learn more about Project Management
● Those interested in the latest tools and techniques

CONTENT AND SUB-MEETINGS

Content: Management of Changing, Digital Turn, Increasing the Benefit of Business, Increasing the result of Project, and agile method
Sub-Meetings:
October 26th, Friday. The opening of the conference, starts with the honored speech and the award of The Best Project and The Best Project Managers will be handed over.
The main speech of the conference will be in 3 topics: 1) Infrastructure and Mining 2) Banking and Technology 3) The State and Public Field. The each speech will last for 30 minutes and go on with questions, answers and panelists.
October 27th, Saturday. On this day, we will be holding workshops and interactive sessions including practice works in the frame of Project Management Talent Triangle which is maintained by PMI international organization, there will be 3 sub-seminars: 1) Leadership skill & strategy 2) The skill of technique of project management 3) Project management international trends

THE SPECIFIC OF THE CONFERENCE

● 4 Dynamic Key Note Speakers (including PMI Global key personnel) 
● 27 honored guest speaker case presentations 
● 8 workshops and interactive sessions
● PMPs can earn 16 PDUs toward their certification
● Networking opportunity with over 400 project managers
● Meet with PMI’s top Directors and Managers from Hong-Kong, Singapore, South Korea, Japan and Taiwan, China 
● Continental lunch and refreshments at breaks are included

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REGISTRATION 
1. Participant - 200,000MNT
2. Member - 150,000MNT
3. Group ticket (5+) - 180,000MNT
4. Early bird - 150,000MNT
5. Student ticket - 160,000MNT
6. Proud partner ticket - 160,000MNT