The document summarizes business and economic news from Mongolia. It discusses progress in negotiations between Mongolia and Rio Tinto regarding development of the Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold mine. It also mentions several Mongolian mining and infrastructure projects, including positive coal exploration results at Nuurstei, completion of a paved highway to transport coal, and planned railway construction. Additionally, it notes several business agreements signed, including between Diasoft and Trade and Development Bank of Mongolia regarding banking software and between First Frontier Capital and Golomt Bank regarding promoting foreign investment in Mongolia.
- Traditional public sector procurement departments are often seen as back offices that staff do not understand or want to deal with. They have a poor reputation.
- Procurement experts receive little training and development. They learn on the job from others who may perpetuate bad practices instead of best practices.
- For procurement to be effective, departments need proper resources, training, and influence over strategic decisions. Staff must feel valued and have input. Repeated cycles of replacing procurement without addressing underlying issues will only drive out good staff. Procurement has the potential to help organizations if given real support and time to develop strategies.
This document provides information about diabetes mellitus. It discusses that diabetes is a condition where the body does not properly process glucose due to a lack of insulin or insulin resistance. There are two main types of diabetes: type 1 where the body does not produce insulin and type 2 where the body is resistant to insulin. Normal and abnormal blood glucose levels are defined. Diabetic ketoacidosis and hypoglycemia, which are life-threatening complications of uncontrolled diabetes, are described along with their symptoms and treatments. The document emphasizes the importance of routine blood sugar monitoring, exercise, diet, and weight control in diabetes self-management.
The document summarizes business and economic news from Mongolia. It discusses Rio Tinto's Oyu Tolgoi mine project and potential delays in approval for expansion. It also mentions Mongolian Mining Corp. seeking an extension on debt repayment due to low coal prices. Additionally, it provides details on Xanadu Mines receiving support for a proposed acquisition of the Kharmagtai copper project.
This document summarizes news from the October 25, 2013 issue of the Business Council of Mongolia NewsWire. It reports on several business and economic stories including a customs dispute being resolved for Rio Tinto's Oyu Tolgoi mine, HBOil touring oil assets in North Korea, a Mongolian company winning the auction for a North Korean firm's office in Tokyo, and mining equipment company Famur potentially selling $100 million in machinery to Mongolian firms. It also briefly summarizes political stories such as the Mongolian president planning to visit North Korea and Mongolia seeking to increase its petroleum reserves.
This document contains the resume of Haitham Abdelrady Mohamed. It summarizes his objective of seeking an IT position, education including a Bachelor's in Computer Science from Cairo University, work history including roles at Agyal Training Center, United Systems Company, and Bridge Trade CO, languages spoken of Arabic and English, areas of experience and projects worked on, and personal details.
This document appears to be an agenda for an event called OPEN16 taking place on September 29, 2016. It lists the schedule of rooms and topics to be covered that day, including tracks on CI/CD and DevOps, infrastructure, Linux history, containers, OpenStack, container managers, and monitoring/logging. There are also sections for an open source year in review and annual survey, information about the event organizers, and a customer panel.
This document provides an introduction to Rust and discusses its memory safety features through ownership and borrowing rules. It explains that Rust avoids garbage collection and is memory safe by enforcing that references and mutable references cannot be held simultaneously. This prevents issues like use-after-free and iterator invalidation. The ownership system transfers control of values during assignment and function calls. Borrowing allows sharing references while a value is valid. The compiler enforces rules that any borrow must not outlive the owner and there can only be one mutable reference at a time.
The document provides a summary of business, economic, and political news from Mongolia. It discusses Mongolian Mining Corporation's successful IPO and plans for infrastructure development. It also mentions Chinalco's interest in participating in the Oyu Tolgoi project and a Peabody Energy team inquiring about the international tender date for the Tavan Tolgoi deposit. Additionally, it provides an overview of the most recent Business Council of Mongolia monthly meeting and topics discussed.
The document is a newsletter from the Business Council of Mongolia that provides news highlights from June 4, 2010. It covers business, economic, and political news items. The business section notes that the Mongolian minister wants to import Chinese labor for the Oyu Tolgoi project due to a lack of qualified local workers. It also discusses several mining projects and deals, including Shenhua reiterating interest in the Tavan Tolgoi coal mine and MEC offering a contract to Leighton Asia for coal mining in western Mongolia. The economic section covers topics like the prime minister stressing the need for better corporate governance and China scaling back factory production growth. The politics section mentions China pledging $500 million during
The document summarizes design strategies proposed by an interdisciplinary team to revitalize the isolated rural Iveragh Peninsula in Ireland. The strategies aimed to minimize the effects of rural-to-urban transition and reconnect the region globally and locally through improved infrastructure and tourism. Proposals included using an old historic bridge as a tourism landmark, a branding campaign called "KRY" to market the peninsula's adventure tourism, and a marine research center called "MARA" to promote the local marine ecosystem. The overall goal was to make the peninsula's resources more accessible and attract visitors, residents and investment.
The document summarizes the key news and events from the September 6th, 2013 issue of the Business Council of Mongolia NewsWire. It discusses several business and economic stories, including Rio Tinto replacing board members at the Oyu Tolgoi copper mine amid disputes with the Mongolian government over financing. It also mentions Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi planning to ramp up coal production and begin exports from its West Tsankhi mine. Additionally, it provides an overview of the 2013 Discover Mongolia investment forum, including remarks on the importance of respecting investment agreements and concerns about policy instability expressed by speakers from Anglo American and Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi.
This document provides a summary of business, economic, and political news from Mongolia in its Business Council of Mongolia NewsWire newsletter. It highlights several major mining and infrastructure projects in Mongolia, including progress on the Oyu Tolgoi mine and issues around negotiations between Ivanhoe Mines and Rio Tinto. It also discusses Mongolia's economy, including developments regarding the Tavan Tolgoi coal mine, inflation, bond sales, and relations with China. On the political front, it mentions meetings between Mongolian and Chinese leaders and parliamentary discussions around corruption issues.
The document outlines 10 major Russian coking coal development projects located in eastern and northwestern Russia, providing details on the developer, coal reserves, planned mining methods and capacities, capital costs, and target markets for each project. The projects have potential to develop almost 100 million tonnes per annum of new coking coal capacity but many are experiencing delays due to low investment in 2012-2013 and will depend on future steel demand for coking coal. The projects demonstrate large growth potential for Russia's coal industry but require further infrastructure development.
The Business Council of Mongolia has compiled a comprehensive database of over 1,500 potential suppliers to Mongolia's mining sector. The Mining Supply Chain Database will become a primary source for foreign and domestic entities to find reliable business partners in Mongolia. Mongolia has significant potential for mining and growth in the mining services sector, however development is challenged by issues such as remoteness, underdeveloped infrastructure, a lack of skilled labor, and environmental concerns.
The document provides a summary of business and economic news from Mongolia. It discusses uncertainties in the mining industry due to delays in project approvals. It also mentions that Rio Tinto sees their Oyu Tolgoi copper mine in Mongolia as important to the company's future. Additionally, it notes that a new cellphone operator was selected and will begin service in 2008, and that a second railway connecting northern and southern Mongolia will be built.
The document summarizes the Ovoot Coking Coal Project in Mongolia acquired by Aspire Mining Limited, an Australian company. It describes the project's geology and drilling results which indicated thick multiple coal seams. It outlines the deal terms under which Aspire acquired the project, providing cash and shares to the vendors. This has significantly increased the project's value. The document argues that listing on the Australian Securities Exchange provides benefits for funding exploration of early stage projects in Mongolia through access to capital markets.
The document summarizes the key news highlights from Issue 185 of the Business Council of Mongolia NewsWire dated September 16, 2011. Some of the top business stories include TT's IPO being delayed until early 2012, Hunnu Coal agreeing to be acquired by Banpu for $477 million, and the Oyu Tolgoi mine expected to generate one-third of Mongolia's economy by 2020. The "Discover Mongolia" conference delivered investment opportunities in Mongolia's mining sector to over 1,000 investors. Government officials discussed plans to expand Mongolia's infrastructure including roads, railways, and power stations. A panel at the conference addressed issues like mining taxation, licensing, and activities of illegal artisanal miners.
After careful consideration for the preservation of the region’s environment, culture, and people, Jalsa Urubshurow opened Three Camel Lodge in 2002 as the only luxury eco-lodge in the Gobi Desert. Built by and staffed by locals, Three Camel Lodge offers travelers a way to experience the nomadic spirit of the region alongside modern comforts while protecting the natural beauty and culture.
After careful consideration for the preservation of the region’s environment, culture, and people, Jalsa Urubshurow opened the only luxury eco-lodge in the Gobi Desert, Three Camel Lodge, in 2002. Built by and staffed by locals, Three Camel Lodge offers travelers a variety of activities to learn about nomadic culture while enjoying modern comforts in a way that showcases the nomadic spirit without destroying the natural environment of the region.
The Business Council of Mongolia published its January 2020 Macroeconomic Updates report which contained the following key points:
1) Mongolia's GDP grew 6.3% in Q3 2019 while inflation was at 5.2% in December 2019. Exports reached a historic high of $7.6 billion in 2019, driven by record coal exports.
2) Foreign direct investment in Mongolia totaled $21.5 billion as of 2019, with the majority from Canada, China, Singapore, and Luxembourg invested mainly in mining.
3) The Mongolian currency, the togrog, depreciated 3.8% against the US dollar in 2019 as the central bank supplied $2.
Faro Foundation Mongolia is a non-governmental organization that promotes digital literacy and safe internet use in Mongolia. It works to educate the public on topics like online safety, proper social media use, and cyberbullying prevention. The organization's primary goal is to create positive social change through social media. It has developed a digital literacy curriculum and library on Facebook to teach essential digital skills to students, teachers, and parents.
The Business Council of Mongolia (BCM) is an independent non-profit organization established in 2007 to advocate for economic freedom and a competitive business environment in Mongolia. It has over 240 member organizations from various sectors. The BCM aims to equip its members with policy research, training, and networking opportunities. It is organized with a Board of Directors, Executive Committee, and six working groups focused on key issues. The Growth and Innovation working group works to promote digital transformation in Mongolia.
The One-Stop-Service Center (OSSC) was established in February 2019 under the Prime Minister's order to provide centralized public services to investors in Mongolia. The OSSC was created as part of Mongolia's three-pillar development policy and on the recommendation of the Investment Protection Council. It allows five government bodies, a bank, and notary office to render services to foreign investors from one location.
Mongolians are building a competitive Fintech sector with international ambitions by cultivating agile and innovative teams combining specialists and experts from 6 nationalities. To become truly internationally competitive, Mongolia must train professionals and executives to international standards by growing their next generation of innovative leaders and skilled experts. Overcoming these challenges will allow Mongolia to solve growing issues and compete in international markets.
The document discusses competitiveness rankings for Mongolia and its provinces. It analyzes Mongolia's performance in the IMD World Competitiveness Ranking, where Mongolia ranked 62nd out of 63 countries in 2018. The ranking evaluates countries across 4 factors: economic performance, government efficiency, business efficiency, and infrastructure. The document also summarizes findings from a provincial competitiveness report for Mongolia, which evaluated and ranked the competitiveness of Mongolia's 21 provinces. Finally, it outlines criteria and results from a competitiveness ranking of districts in Ulaanbaatar city across 5 factors of quality of life, living environment, safety and security, governance, and economic performance.
Digital transformation involves using digital technology in new ways to solve traditional business problems and drive organizational change. The presentation discusses how digital transformation differs from related concepts like digitization, analytics, and outsourcing. Key aspects of digital transformation include leveraging data as a strategic asset, adapting to digital natives, and undergoing cultural and technological changes. Methods like agile project management and design sprints are presented as ways to accelerate transformation. The presentation also provides examples of how companies have transformed, such as Domino's Pizza using digital strategies to regain market share.
DBS Bank was named the world's best digital bank by Euromoney in 2016 and 2018, beating competitors like Citi, BBVA, and ING. The CEO of DBS Bank, Piyush Gupta, accepted the award and said that banks of the future will be fundamentally different than today's banks due to their digital transformation. DBS Bank has spent three years focused on digital initiatives by changing employee mindsets and technology infrastructure to make banking simple and seamless for customers.
Mongolia transitioned to democracy in the early 1990s after a peaceful revolution. It now has a multi-party parliamentary democracy with freedoms of religion, expression, and private property rights guaranteed in its constitution. Mongolia's economy depends heavily on its mineral and agricultural sectors as it continues developing a market economy after transitioning from Soviet control.
The document discusses the Growth & Innovation Working Group of the Business Council Mongolia. The working group aims to:
1. Promote and advance business growth and innovation in Mongolian society through educating businesses, government, and the public on opportunities in research and development.
2. Enable all organizations to grow and innovate, not just start-ups or sectors traditionally thought of as innovative.
3. Focus on key objectives like digitalization, infrastructure, financial technology, data security, efficiency, public investment policy, and intellectual property protection to support the digital transformation of consumer and enterprise services through technologies like IoT, AI, fintech, blockchain, and more.
The working group plans events
The BCM held its January monthly meeting to discuss organizational updates. Key points:
- The BCM elected a new 15-member Board of Directors and appointed an Executive Committee and Working Groups.
- Two presentations were given on legal environments for asset management in Mongolia and on responsible mining.
- The BCM revised its mission statement to focus on providing members with policy research, training, and networking support for business in Mongolia.
- The BCM reorganized its working groups, which are now chaired by Board members, and strengthened its secretariat.
The document discusses Mongolia, Russia, and China's economic corridor program. It notes that the program aims to improve connectivity between the three countries through projects involving railway, roads, energy transmission lines, gas and oil pipelines, and high-speed internet. There are currently 32 projects across areas like infrastructure, energy, agriculture, border cooperation, trade, environment, education, medicine, and more. The document also discusses plans to establish a joint center for investment planning and projection in Ulaanbaatar to facilitate implementation of the economic corridor program projects and further trilateral cooperation.
This document provides information on business opportunities through procurement for Mongolia's Second Compact Agreement with the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). It outlines that the total grant value is $350 million to fund activities supporting economic growth and poverty reduction in Mongolia. Key business opportunities include consulting services, goods, and construction works valued at approximately $44 million for the base year. The presentation also reviews MCC's procurement principles of transparency, fairness and competitiveness. It provides details on the procurement process and how opportunities will be advertised.