Though Mongolia-focused coal miner SouthGobi Resources had time for a short hooray following the relaunch of operations at its Ovoot Tolgoi project, it still has a myriad of issues to contend with if it’s to appease both investors and the Mongolian government.

A week has passed since the revelations about Deputy Speaker S. Bayartsogt’s offshore company and Swiss bank account were first reported by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).

The Governor of the Capital City and Mayor of Ulaanbaatar, E.Bat-Uul and the Team Leader, ADB PPTA for MFF on Ulaanbaatar Urban Services and Ger Areas Development Investment Program, Bharat Dahiya met residents of Bayanlkhoshuu, suburb ger district on Thursday April 11th.

Outside, it’s minus 30 degrees Celsius as a February wind blasts across the Central Asian steppe and through the Mongolian capital, Ulaanbaatar. Inside Government House, President Tsakhia Elbegdorj delivers a televised speech that simultaneously warms his people and chills foreign investors.

SANTIAGO – Rio Tinto is having productive talks with the Mongolian government over the investment agreement for its Oyu Tolgoi project in the Central Asian nation, the CE of the global miner’s copper division said on Tuesday.

Later this month, Mongolia will host the 7th ministerial conference of the Community of Democracies (CD), an intergovernmental forum of democracies formed in 2000 at the initiative of Bronislaw Geremek of Poland and Madeleine Albright of the United States. Several civil society events will accompany it.

Senior Mongolian MPs and cabinet members had a session on whether Goldman Sachs had a conflict of interest when it advised the Mongolian government at the times when Oyu Tolgoi deal was in negotiation.

The halt in railway transport of Tavan Tolgoi’s goods has created a halt in profits. A year ago the tremendous coking coal mine was attracting huge attention from mining observers and foreign investors. But where is it now?

Interview with O.Chuluunbat, Deputy Minister of Economic Development. He was moderator of the public discussion on 2013 Investment report of Mongolia held by UNCTAD for the first time in the last week.

Mongolia’s blue skies may soon be darkening. A key challenge: Putting the mining companies in their place.