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Category Archives: Mining
Guest Post: A Young Democracy Seeks Investors
An Adam Simpson guest post based on a CDFAI policy update on “Legal and Regulatory Constructs of Resource Management in Afghanistan and Mongolia”. Continue reading
Posted in Adam Simpson, Development, Mining, Research on Mongolia
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The Effect of Mongolia’s Mining Boom on the Tourism Industry
How mining poses a challenge to the budding Mongolian tourism industry and what to do about this challenge. Continue reading
Posted in Mining, Tourism, Tye Ebel
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Canadian Bilateral Aid for Mongolia?
Would bilateral Canadian development aid instrumentally benefit Canadian mining interests? Continue reading
Posted in Bilateral Aid, Canada, Development, Media and Press, Mining, Oyu Tolgoi
Tagged Julian Dierkes
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Economist: “Booming Mongolia – Mine, all Mine”
By Julian Dierkes An article in the January 21 2012 edition of The Economist vividly describes Ulaanbaatar and Oyu Tolgoi in the winter of 2012. The story that some have been telling for some years, “Mongolia is the next Eldorado” … Continue reading
Posted in Democracy, Economics, Media and Press, Mining, Oyu Tolgoi, Policy, Politics, Research on Mongolia
Tagged Julian Dierkes
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Symposium Program: Nature, People, and Mining in Contemporary Mongolia
An inter-disciplinary symposium on “Nature, People, and Mining in Contemporary Mongolia” will be held at Hokkaido University on January 20, 2012 and gather scholars from diverse areas of expertise (both natural and social scientists) to share expertise on the human-nature relationship in contemporary Mongolia. Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, Environment, Events, Mining, Symposium Hokkaido University Jan 20 2012
Tagged BYAMBAJAV Dalaibuyan
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Mongolia FAQ: Presentations Summaries and Video Record
Listing of presentations at recent “Mongolia FAQ” panel presentation with links to summaries and (forthcoming) video record. Continue reading
Posted in Canada, China, Civil Society, Economics, Elections, Environment, Environment, Environmental Movements, Events, FAQ Mongolia Dec 16 2011, Governance, Inflation, Media and Press, Mining, Mongolia and ..., Policy, Policy, Politics, Regulation, Research on Mongolia, River Movements, Social Issues
Tagged Julian Dierkes
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Presentation Summary: Environmental Regulation
Kirsten Dales discussed shifts in environmental management in the mining sector in Mongolia at a December 16, 2011 panel presentation “FAQ Mongolia”. Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Environment, FAQ Mongolia Dec 16 2011, Mining, Policy, Regulation
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Dec 16 Event: Mongolia FAQ
FAQ Mongolia – Some Answers to the Most Frequently Asked Questions on (Mining) Policy. December 16, 2011, 16-18h, UBC Robson Square Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Democracy, Events, FAQ Mongolia Dec 16 2011, Mining, Politics, Social Issues
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Jean-Frédéric Légaré-Tremblay on How Mining Activities are Testing Mongolia’s Sovereignty
Canadian journalist Jean-Frédéric Légaré-Tremblay writes about the Mongolian economy. Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Media and Press, Mining, Social Issues
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Visiting PhD Student at UBC: Sodnom DOLJIN
Visiting scholar from Mongolia (via South Korea) to spend a year at UBC. Continue reading
Posted in International Agreements, Law, Mining, Mongolia and ...
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All is well in Mongolia?
Yes, the Investment Agreement for Oyu Tolgoi will not be re-opened, but that’s no surprise, and doesn’t put an end to turmoil. Continue reading
Posted in International Agreements, JD Mining Governance, Mining, Oyu Tolgoi, Politics, Research on Mongolia
Tagged Julian Dierkes
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Consensus on OT?
Mongolian executive united on supporting Oyu Tolgoi Investment Agreement. Continue reading
No Stable Anti-Mining Coalition
By Julian Dierkes Today, I published an Asia Pacific Memo that argued that no stable anti-mining coalition has coalesced in Mongolia to support or advance the recent petition asking the government to open negotiations with Oyu Tolgoi to increase the … Continue reading
OT: In Danger of Becoming A Hostage in Domestic Politics, Again
In 2005, Ivanhoe’s Robert Friedland’s infamous statement about the huge profits to be made in Mongolia at an investor conference in Florida delayed his deal with the Government of Mongolia over one of the biggest copper deposits in the world, … Continue reading
MPs Petition to Renegotiate OT Agreement
Translation of the petition of 20 Mongolian MPs to their government demanding that negotiations to raise the government stake in the giant Oyu Tolgoi project be initiated. Continue reading