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Rio Tinto says climbing costs, resource nationalism once again big threats www.mining.com

World’s No.2 miner Rio Tinto (LON, ASX:RIO) said Tuesday that cost inflation driven by rising oil prices and a resurgence of resource nationalism are increasingly affecting mining companies’ investment decisions.

Speaking at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch conference in Miami, chief executive Jean Sebastien-Jacques said he remained optimistic about the medium to long-term global growth outlook. However, he mentioned volatility in markets, trade wars and governments efforts to get greater share of their mineral wealth — most times to the detriment of private companies — as growing concern for investors in the natural resources sector in the short-term.

Last year, Rio Tinto was responsible for half of the total cash returns across the mining sector.
“From the DRC and South Africa to Mongolia and Australia [resource nationalism] is gaining momentum,” he said, adding he was optimistic that common sense in all those cases would prevail.

Major miners operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa’s top copper producer and source of over 60% of the global cobalt supply, are vigorously fighting a new mining code. The fresh legislation strips away a stability clause protecting existing investments from changes to the fiscal and customs regime for 10 years, introduces a 50% windfall profits tax and gives powers to the mines minister to hike royalties on minerals considered “strategic”.

It all began in Indonesia, which imposed new rules on the exports of unprocessed ore early last year. Tanzania followed suit imposing two months later a ban on exports of gold concentrates. Something similar happened in South Africa, which last year unveiled a revised mining code that would have imposed a 1% tax on mining companies’ revenues – as opposed to their profits, as is common.

In Mongolia the government claims that Oyu Tolgoi, a copper joint venture run by Rio, owes $155 million in unpaid taxes. A claim the company denies.

Miners are also facing higher costs, Jacque said.“In this environment, asset quality really matters and operating capability is critical. Protecting margins and generating cash will be hard across the industry.”

Rio’s boss said that, despite the challenges, the industry should continue its efforts to keep costs and debt under control and so deliver better returns to shareholders.

“This is why we are actively shaping our portfolio to focus on the best assets…… in commodities with sound long-term fundamentals. This will further drive sector leading return on capital employed,” he said, adding that last year Rio Tinto was responsible for half of the total cash returns across the sector.

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HIV infections rise to 260 in Mongolia www.xinhuanet.com

ULAN BATOR, May 15 (Xinhua) -- The number of people who have tested positive for HIV rose to 260 in Mongolia after five new cases were registered in April, the National Statistical Office said in a report Tuesday.

More than half of the HIV-infected people are between 20 and 44 years old. About 99 percent of the infections were sexually transmitted, the report said.

The first case of HIV infection in Mongolia was recorded in 1992. Since then, 40 people have died of AIDS in this Asian country with a population of over 3 million.

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Project to develop community-based tourism launched www.montsame.mn

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The launching of the Sustainable tourism and Inclusive Economy of Mongolia project was held on May 14. The National Development Agency, Thailand International Cooperation Agency (TICA) and Integrated Mineral Resources Initiative program (IMRI) of German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) started the project in January, 2018.

The 2.5-year project aims to develop local community-based tourism. This is a good way for people to improve their income by introducing their traditional lifestyle to foreign tourists while restoring and preserving the forgotten heritage. The project will be implemented in Bayankhongor, Uvs and Selenge aimags in cooperation with the world’s tourism leader, Thailand.

Deputy Director-General of TICA Banchong Amornchewin said “I am delighted to share Thailand’s experience, achievements and advantages in tourism sector with Mongolia. Last year, Thailand welcomed 35 million tourists. Bangkok is the leader in attracting international tourists, followed by London. We will share not only the achievements, but also the failures we experienced.”

Total budget of this project is about EUR 500.000 and 200.000 will be funded by the German Government, another EUR 200.000 by the Government of Thailand and EUR 50.000 by Mongolian Government.

B.Misheel

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Rising Mobile Broadband Penetration Continues to Drive Mongolia’s Telecoms Market www.theexpertconsulting.com

An up-to-date research report has been disclosed by Market Research Hub highlighting the title “Mongolia – Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband – Statistics and Analyses“. This report provides a comprehensive overview of trends and developments in Mongolian telecommunication market. Mongolia possesses a liberalised and competitive telecoms market served by multiple competing players and an incumbent operator that no longer holds a dominant share of its market. The growing popularity of mobile broadband has underpinned overall broadband and telecoms growth. This trend is consolidating Mongolia’s position as a “mobile first” telecoms market and shaping the future direction of Mongolia’s developing digital economy.

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Mongolia is ranked 14th out of 34 with a Telecoms Maturity Index score of 42. This ranks Mongolia 7th last in the “Market Challengers” category. (BuddeComm’s “Asian Telecoms Maturity Index”, is an index (on a scale between 0 and 100) that measures and ranks the relative maturity of the telecoms industry in all of the 34 countries in Asia.) Compared to other Asian nations, Mongolia has moderate mobile penetration, moderate mobile broadband penetration and low fixed broadband penetration.

The penetration of fixed lines in Mongolia has increased strongly over the past five years as a higher proportion of residences decide to take a fixed line access option. Penetration is however predicted to only increase slightly over the next five years to 2022. There is a continued migration from fixed-line services to mobile operators that have a much higher availability in the rural areas and access to applications and services in the urban areas.

Fixed broadband penetration in Uzbekistan remains low mainly due to a limited number of fixed lines and the dominance of the mobile platform. However the market has grown very strongly over the past five years from a very small base. Over the next five years to 2022 moderate growth is expected to continue. A major driver of broadband growth among the general population will be affordable access to relevant content.

Mongolia’s mobile market has experienced relatively slow growth over the past five years in a relatively mature market. High mobile penetration levels in Mongolia are also indicative of healthy competition. Slow to moderate growth is predicted over the next five years to 2022. The market will be constrained from higher growth due to strong local competition and a further maturing market.

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Mobile broadband has become an increasingly attractive proposition due to the increasingly faster speeds offered coupled with improving tariffs due to strong competition among the four mobile network operators. Mobile broadband subscriptions grew rapidly commencing in 2012, with this growth attributed to the increasing popularity of 3G mobile broadband products.

The launch of 4G LTE services by all the major operators will see the uptake of mobile broadband customers continue to grow strongly over the next five years to 2022.

In May 2018 South Korea’s KT Corp completed the sale of its 40% stake in Telecom Mongolia back to the Mongolian government.

Key Developments:

The penetration of fixed lines in Mongolia has increased strongly over the past five years.
Over the next five years to 2022 moderate growth is expected to continue in the fixed broadband market.
The launch of 4G LTE services will see the uptake of mobile broadband customers continue to grow strongly.
MobiCom launched its first LTE-A services.
South Korea’s KT Corp completed the sale of its 40% stake in Telecom Mongolia back to the Mongolian government
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UN Special Rapporteur urges Mongolia to raise standards www.unwater.org

The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, Léo Heller, has called on the Government of Mongolia to do more to meet the water and sanitation standards set by the SDGs.
Heller’s report highlights existing disparities between nomadic, rural and urban populations, and between apartment-dwellers and those who live in ger, traditional yurts that usually lack sewage connections rely on mobile water sales for drinking water.

He notes that sufficient access to water for nomads’ personal consumption and livestock could help prevent large-scale migration into cities and rural towns.

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Chinese scrap ban won't do much for copper price www.mining.com

On Monday copper for delivery in July fell back in the red on the Comex market in New York at $3.088 per pound or $6,800 a tonne as traders ponder rising trade tensions between the US and China, the globe's number one metals consumer.

The industry is gathering in Hong Kong for LME Asia Week, but spirits may be dampened somewhat by a new report giving a muted assessment of the effects of Beijing's ban on certain types of copper scrap imports.

The overall net impact on the supply of copper scrap in China will be much smaller at around 100 kiltonnes
The price of copper rallied from the mid $2.60s when rumours of a ban first emerged in August-September last year, but last month's official confirmation from Beijing has done little for the price.

Yanting Zhou and Sifang Liu, senior consultants for Wood Mackenzie, a research house, says while the ban only comes into effect at the end of the year most of the impact will be felt in 2018.

China's so-called category 7 scrap which includes electrical cables and motors with as little as 5% copper content need processing before it can be used in smelters and refineries and imports have already plummeted this year.

Category 6 imports (average 95% copper content) can be fed directly to refineries and are not banned. Processors outside China have sprung up in anticipation of the ban, and together with rising Chinese domestic scrap supply, would fill most of the shortfall says Wood Mackenzie:

Although import volumes of category 7 copper scrap will decrease in 2018, we anticipate that imports of category 6 copper scrap will rise as scrap-processing capacity is built up outside China. Meanwhile, domestic scrap supply is also expected to accelerate this year.

Overall, we believe the import ban will lead to a loss of around 300 kt of copper contained in imported scrap in 2018. The overall net impact on the supply of copper scrap in China will be much smaller at around 100 kt given the anticipated increase in domestic scrap supply this year.

The authors believe in 2019, Chinese copper scrap supply would return to positive growth again, rising by roughly 70kt.

Sentiment sours
After a 30% price jump in 2017, copper is down 6% so far in 2018 and the shift in sentiment is evident on derivatives markets with changes in the positioning of large-scale derivatives speculators such as hedge funds.

After hitting an all time record in September last year amid the excitement around the Chinese import ban, a month ago net long positions – bets on higher prices in future – fell to the lowest level since October 2016 (copper was trading around $2.20 a pound then).

While bullish positioning has improved, according to the CFTC's weekly Commitment of Traders data, so-called managed money investors were back in selling mode last week reducing net longs by 22%.

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Government to present Mid-term Investment Program at Economic Forum www.montsame.mn

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ ‘Mongolia Economic Forum’ with purposes to define sustainable development policy of Mongolian economy and to seek opportunities to tackle pressing issues of the main sectors will be held on May 21-22 in the State House.

The 8th economic forum will focus on tackling pressing issues of the country and the Government will present mid-term investment program, reported G.Zandanshatar, Head of the Cabinet Secretariat. The forum is to held under the slogan ‘Let’s Combine Efforts’ and the plenary session to run under the topic ‘Development Model of Mongolia and General Investment Policy’. Furthermore, 12 sub-sessions on development of agriculture, tourism and economy, decentralization policy, mega projects, pension reforms and treasury fund will take place.

‘Mongolia Economic Forum’ is being organized in two stages this year and during the public and private discussion in this March, the Government's ‘Three Pillar Development Policy’ and amendments to Tax Law were discussed.

"Mongolian economy is expected to have 6-7 percent growth in upcoming two years. It is proper to attach attention on ensuring transparency of the accrued tax income and public funding and intercepting corruption this period of time. It is crucial that the Government to focus special attention to the forum if it intends to cooperate with private sector," stressed President of the Mongolian National Chamber of Commerce and Industry B.Lkhagvajav.

B.Batchimeg

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Potential mining of lithium and rare earth elements at Mongolian coal mine www.news.mn

Rare earth elements including a lithium reserve have been discovered in the Khuut coal mine, located in the Matad District of Dornod Province in eastern Mongolia. Tsogtjargal Dondovdorj, CEO of Buman-Olz LLC noted that the company has recently discovered rare earth elements including lithium in its mining site and expressed an interest to intensify exploration.

Buman-Olz LLC has been operating at Khuut coal mine which has 294.2 million tonnes of brown coal reserve since 2009. The mine has an annual production capacity of 0.12 million tonnes of coal.

Currently, Buman-Olz LLC employs more than 130 local workers. The company has a plans to increase capacity significantly.

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Public demands continuation of mortgage program www.ubinfo.mn

Ger District Movement organized a demonstration in tents at Sukhbaatar Square, demanding the continuation of city replanning of ger district area, which were conducted during the previous government and granting mortgage loan, which is currently frozen.

Previously, the Government of Mongolia backed the ger district replanning projects. Within the framework, lands of ger district households was changed for an apartments.

According to Head of Ger District Movement, all activities of companies involved in ger district replanning projects have stopped completely and the remaining fund of MNT 40 billion which was dedicated for the project shifted from its primary purpose. This caused many households to lose their lands and houses.

“A few years ago, my family released our land and made a contract with a construction company, which promised an accommodation in exchange for our land,” Sumiyajav Shashnaa, a citizen of the 5th khoroo of Songinokhairkhan district, said with anger.

Ger District households organize public demonstration over mortgage program

“Today, we have nowhere to live because the work has been stopped for unspecified time,“ she added. My family is big and I am a retired person,” Mrs Sumiajav said. Today, there are 220 thousand households or over one million citizen living in ger district in Ulaanbaatar.

In 2016 and 2017, MNT 876.6 billion and MNT 670.6 billion were granted as mortgage loan to commercial banks respectively. But in 2018, the amount is drastically reduced. According to the information issued by the Bank of Mongolia, as of the first quarter, MNT 48.1 billion was granted for the mortgage loan financing and yesterday, MNT 45 billion was granted for this purpose.

As of December end of 2017, accommodations for 1535 households, which is 21 percent increase compared to 2016, were ready for sale, Tenkhleg Zuuch, a real estate agency, reported. The average price per square meter of the houses has reached MNT 2.02 million – increase of MNT 37 thousand compared to the same period of the last year.

The organizing committee of the recent Barilga Expo -2018 event highlighted that construction sector which has been in crisis for three years has now showing a sign of restoration.

At the time of the economic restoration, NCD Group presented its Casa Da Vinci luxury houses project in Artsat village. Each household in the village of MNT 4.5 million per square meter will have plot of land with green area.

But Khatan Ester LL C which implements Bumbyn Ord Project on houses of air pollution reduction, which don’t produce smoke, offers at a comparatively low price. Bumbyn Ord's housing, which is built at distance of 9 km from Ulaanbaatar, costs MNT 1.8 million per square meter.

House construction factory of Erel LLC has a capacity of producing annually 250 thousand square meters of living space. This factory started to receive orders for apartment buildings and houses. However, as it is a large factory, it has a potential to receive orders of 10 and more houses.

According to the data provided by the Tenkhleg Zuuch, over 3600 households live in houses in Ulaanbaatar as of March 2018.

Oyunbayar.N

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Over 15 million animals born in Mongolia this spring www.news.mn

Mongolia has welcomed over 15 million newly born animals this spring. This May, it was announced that there has been a 95 percent survival following a very harsh winter and very windy spring.

This year, over 29 million female livestock are expected to deliver young animals; 57.9 percent have already given birth.

Today it was announced that 49.4 thousand camels, 281,200 horses, 611,600 thousand cows, 567,000 sheep and 951,000 goats have been born.

Large animals are expected to finish giving birth this week, whilst smaller animals will continue bearing their offspring until the second week of June.

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