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    • Tuesday, 12 September, 2023
      Travel
      Extreme cycling: four days across a frozen lake in Mongolia

      The Mongol 100 is part of a growing series of events promising ‘extraordinary adventures for regular folks’

    • Thursday, 27 July, 2023
      The Big Read
      Will Mongolia’s crackdown on graft unlock its mineral riches?

      The landlocked country is making sweeping reforms to win over western investors and become less reliant on China and Russia

    • Monday, 30 January, 2023
      Interview
      Mongolia reels from impact of Russian sanctions

      Prime minister of landlocked democracy complains of blow to his country’s economy

      Semi-naked protesters in December gathered in Sükhbaatar Square, Ulan Bator, angry at the alleged theft of state-owned coal assets
    • Friday, 25 November, 2022
      Mongolia puts its faith in China railway to boost Covid-battered economy

      Cross-border trade was interrupted over fears truck drivers spread the virus

      Oyun-Erdene Luvsannamsrai, Mongolia’s president, at the opening of the Zuunbayan-Khangi rail link to China, November 25 2022
    • Friday, 28 October, 2022
      HTSIHTSI’s 12 top picks from a year in travel
      Oyuna Tserendorj on the wide-open magic of Mongolia

      The cashmere label founder offers a essential guide to her childhood home

    • Monday, 15 August, 2022
      Rio Tinto PLC
      Rio Tinto rebuffed in plan to take control of Mongolian copper project

      Canadian partner says $2.7bn buyout offer for one of the world’s biggest deposits is insufficient

      A worker walks through a tunnel at the Oyu Tolgoi mine
    • Monday, 18 July, 2022
      Interview
      Mongolia says Russia-China gas pipeline will break ground in 2024

      Prime minister Luvsannamsrai tells FT that Rio Tinto’s Gobi Desert copper mine is on track

      Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov meets Mongolian prime minister Oyun-Erdene Luvsannamsrai
    • Tuesday, 25 January, 2022
      Rio Tinto PLC
      Rio Tinto to push ahead with Mongolian copper project

      Anglo-Australian miner strikes deal with government to write off $2.4bn of debt

      A general view shows the Oyu Tolgoi underground mine in Khanbogd, in southern Mongolia
    • Friday, 14 January, 2022
      Travelista
      Five fabulous desert escapes

      Where to find sun, sand – and solitude – in 2022

    • Monday, 13 December, 2021
      LexRio Tinto PLC
      Rio Tinto/Mongolia: tough decision on debt should resolve festering problems Premium content

      The miner needs the copper output to help wean it from its dependence on iron ore

      A dump truck travels along a ramp in an open pit mine at the Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine
    • Monday, 13 December, 2021
      Rio Tinto PLC
      Rio Tinto offers to write off $2.3bn Oyu Tolgoi loan

      Concession is part of wider offer to end tensions with Mongolian government over vast copper mine

      A truck is driven out from the pit of the Oyu Tolgoi mine in southern Mongolia
    • Wednesday, 10 November, 2021
      News in-depthMining
      Boris Johnson’s half-brother accused of false complaint in Mongolian mining dispute

      Businessman says Max Johnson is seeking to wrest control of project

      Max Johnson and the Zasag Chandmani mines
    • Friday, 15 October, 2021
      Rio Tinto PLC
      Rio Tinto cuts iron ore output guidance after ‘difficult’ third quarter

      Anglo-Australian miner warns of further delays at $6.75bn Mongolia copper project

      An iron ore mine in Western Australia
    • Thursday, 30 September, 2021
      Rio Tinto PLC
      Rio challenges findings of independent report into Oyu Tolgoi cost blowout

      Group insists geology, not mismanagement, was main factor behind delays at Mongolia mine

      Oyu Tolgoi in Mongolia
    • Monday, 30 August, 2021
      Rio Tinto PLC
      Rio Tinto makes offer to Mongolia over troubled copper project

      Anglo-Australian company prepared to cut rates on loans to Ulan Bator over Oyu Tolgoi development

      The Oyu Tolgoi mine
    • Tuesday, 3 August, 2021
      The Commodities NoteJames Otto
      Resource-rich countries need to get their mining tax systems right

      Governments should implement policies that both encourage investment and fill state coffers

      The Codelco Chuquicamata open pit copper mine near Calama, Chile
    • Sunday, 18 April, 2021
      Rio Tinto PLC
      Rio Tinto copper chief quizzed on payments to Mongolian citizens

      Miner starts discussions over future of most important project

      The Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine
    • Thursday, 25 March, 2021
      Rio Tinto PLC
      Rio Tinto accused of concealing real reasons for Mongolia mine delay

      US hedge fund’s lawsuit claims miner knew Oyu Tolgoi project was in trouble months before telling investors

      Copper-gold concentrate in bags at the Oyu Tolgoi mine in Mongolia
    • Sunday, 7 March, 2021
      Mining
      Rio Tinto set to start negotiations over Mongolian mine

      Row could derail expansion of giant Oyu Tolgoi copper mine

    • Sunday, 7 February, 2021
      Rio Tinto PLC
      Mongolia seeks Rio backing to terminate mine agreement

      Ulan Bator wants to replace underground development plan for Oyu Tolgoi

    • Wednesday, 3 February, 2021
      Wish I were there...
      Wish I were there: on horseback across Mongolia

      A 1,000-mile ride across the country offers a taste of nomadic life that seems more alluring than ever

    • Monday, 11 January, 2021
      Copper
      Mongolia threatens to halt Rio Tinto copper project

      Government wants Oyu Tolgoi investment agreement improved

    • Wednesday, 16 December, 2020
      Rio Tinto PLC
      Rio eyes production from Mongolia copper project in 2022

      Budget for underground mine hits $6.75bn and draws angry response from Ulaanbaatar

    • Wednesday, 25 November, 2020
      Rio Tinto PLC
      Mongolia raises heat on Rio Tinto over vast Oyu Tolgoi copper mine

      Government seeks review into expansion project that is late and billions of dollars over-budget

      Oyu Tolgoi mine in Mongolia’s South Gobi region in 2012
    • Friday, 3 July, 2020
      Rio Tinto PLC
      Rio Tinto slashes reserves estimate at giant Mongolian copper project

      Revised figures deal further blow to $6.8bn Oyu Tolgoi development

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