From the Editor - Survival, and beyond Topic of the Month - "My work here has been more meaningful for me" Policy - "We have to clean up our act first" Copper - Mining Ministry announces work on copper smelter this year; 
Stake holders discuss local development, want stronger cooperation;  First step for a long trek; 
Erdenes Mongol one big step nearer the Temasek Model; 
"Our goal is to support the domestic manufacturing industry"
News - SouthGobi Sands LLC targets to extract 4.5 million tons of coal in 2016; 
Erdene Resource Development moves towards its operational phase in 2016
Green page - Mongolian companies first to adopt IFC's water use code

From the Editor - Mongolia takes a U-turn
Uranium – “Let’s build a research reactor; a nuclear power plant can wait”
Deposits of Strategic Importance - Tavantolgoi railway again left without financing, Mineral valuation and evaluation differ by more than a vowel
News - OT will be kept beyond politics, says PM as underground development begins; Erdenet keeps production costs low, builds hospital; Baganuur will still lose money, even if State owns only 51%; Court orders temporary cancellation of Centerra licences; Erdenes Mongol to issue international bonds in two years; Dispute with Khan Resources ends with $70-million payment; Government approves investment agreement on Buuruljuut power plant

From the Editor - MMJ works for freer information flow Deposits of Strategic Importance – “We shall not feel and act guilty, and shall not give up our efforts to please somebody”; “Mining will rebound; it’s a matter of time” News - Financing agreement to benefit oil importers; 4 companies express interest in oil refinery For the Record - Government approves draft Model Community Development Agreement Uranium - Mongolia`s uranium: now and tomorrow Analysing the Analytics - Involvement of women in Mongolian mining sector Mongolia economic forum - Lessons learned from the super cycle and solutions for going forward

From the Editor - Watching China 
Top of Mind - Some hope for copper, none for coal and iron ore 
Neighbours - features of China’s 13th Five-year Plan 
“China offers huge opportunities but also high risks” 
Policy and Polity - New bonds: bad economics but only way to survive 
Mine Map - UB Railway gearing up for bigger international role 
Green page - Managing resources: 
UB seminar shares experiences

From the Editor - Changes sought in the Minerals Law;
Policy - “We expect a significant increase in FDI this year”;
Mongolia prepares to be part of trilateral economic corridor;
News - Erdenes TT resumes work at East Tsankhi;
Beren steel plant to start in spring;
Altain Khuder MNT30 billion in the red; 
Progress on Shivee- Ovoo power plant project; 
New exploration licences to cover 9.67 million hectares; 
Erdenet to buy more from domestic producers;
Bleak year for mineral exports;
Mines hope to export 19.5 million tons of coal in 2016;
Copper - Time to think beyond copper concentrate

From the Editor - OT 2015- updated 
Neighbours - I.K.AZIZOV: Renewing the Mongolian shareholder is an open issue 
Deposits of Strategic Importance - Behind the closed door of Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi 
Energy Resources re-starts its mine extraction 
MAK cuts its operational cost 
Financial bottlenecks of SouthGobi Sands 
Policy - Will populism stall economic growth in an election year? 
Mine Map - “We cannot reach our revenue or transport targets”

From the Editor in Chief - This parliament has lost our trust  Memoir - Lighting a lamp in memory of the Chief Editor Luntangiin Bolormaa: Pioneer, Guide, Icon  “Hardworking, persistent and professional”  
“She was one of us”  She dreamt big, and set a tradition  Bolormaa Luntan has left an everlasting legacy in Mongolian mining industry with “Mongolian Mining Journal” 
The woman in a floppy hat is my mother  Tributes pour in for journalist of integrity  Policy - Local journalists hear things from the horse’s mouth  
“Mongolia`s base for development is still very robust”  
Deposits of Strategic Importance - MAK raring to go, waits for money

From the Editor in Chief - Get ready for local journalism awards Deposits of Strategic Importance - “Being in business is like running a marathon race”
MCC: It is too early to say which project will be selected 
Mining - “A soum is where mining has the most impact” 
“In Mongolia, nothing voluntary is well implemented” 
Policy - Local communities explain stand on exploration licences 
“The Government has been arbitrary” 
“The vetting process starts from the lowest tier” 
“We shall refuse to allow work in specially protected areas” 
“More benefit comes from fewer but bigger companies” 
For the Record - MODEL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT

From the Editor in Chief - Time for the bond baby’s first haircut 
Market sentiment - “I DO NOT SEE COPPER PRICES RISING BEFORE 2018” 
Mining - What does the draft model agreement between miners and communities say? 
Policy - Two views on the proposed Future Heritage Fund 
Only right rules can prevent gambling with public money 
Have a fund only when there is a budget surplus

From the Editor in Chief - A COMMUNITY IS A STAKEHOLDER, AND DESERVES RESPECT  Analysing the Analytics 
EITI SUB-NATIONAL REPORTING: COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES  
Policy - WHY AIMAGS ARE WARY OF NEW EXPLORATION LICENCES 
For better journalism in the Western Region 
SOCIAL RISK IN THE EXTRACTIVE SECTOR: DO MINERS NEED NEW SKILLS? 
Growth still taking a backseat

From the Editor in Chief - The facts behind fictitious companies bleeding Mongolia 
Policy - KEYNOTE SPEECH BY H.E. TSAKHIAGIIN ELBEGDORJ, PRESIDENT OF MONGOLIA AT THE 21ST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE FUTURE OF ASIA, “ASIA BEYOND 2015: THE QUEST FOR LASTING PEACE AND PROSPERITY” 
“Soums with mining to get more money now” 
Analysing the Analytics 
Mineral Statistics 2015.05 
“No real transparency without people’s involvement”

From the Editor in Chief - MMJ brings mining stakeholders closer 
Policy - MNMA chief faults online licensing process

From the Editor in Chief - Rifts stall progress in OT and TT, yet again 
SAFETY FIRST - 2015 CONFERENCE 
Policy - “Best is to go the shortest way and use existing railroads” 
“It will be better to get a mediator in the Rio dispute” 
Mongolian Mining News - Expo Mongolia: 
Investors pin their hope on Mongolia’s economic revival 
Green page - “We have enough water; we have no real water policy”

From the Editor in Chief - Secret OT talks on, but is there hope?  Policy - If TT coal sells for $120/t, Mongolia will get $10 billion in tax 
The new industry policy is result-oriented and visionary 
Mongolian Mining News - Oyu Tolgoi reaches one million tonne shipment milestone 
Industry Minister against mining at Noyon Mountain 
Mongolia to send coal through N. Korean port in trial export 
Ancient Mongol metallurgy an extreme polluter 
No halt to slide in Chinese coal imports in 2015 
Neighbours - More Chinese iron ore mines seen shutting in 2015 
Largest coal mine in Russia opens 
Charges against former Uralkali CEO dropped 
Shaanxi miners take first Spring Festival holiday in 20 years 
Concern over how Mongolian plans pose threat to Baikal 
Mining World Mining - Resource-rich governments advised to assume lower prices 
World Coal Association calls for greater use of cleaner technologies 
US coal mines suffer most as Australia, Indonesia raise market share 
Price support to Chile’s small copper mines 
Fraser survey finds Finland is world’s best mining destination 
Rio Tinto CEO says a Glencore merger “will not happen” 
Coal conversion projects to worsen global warming 
Price slump makes North Korea step up mining output 
African paradox: primary, yet poorest, mining location 
Algerians oppose Shale Gas Project in Sahara 
Some African countries waiting to pounce 
Mining companies urged to engage communities more 
Business and Life - Making news for making money from mining

From the Editor in Chief - Choosing fees over dividends  
Mining Journal Awards-2014 
MMJ Awards bring cheer to miners 
Commodity Market - Coal and iron ore miners cannot survive without Government support 
Policy - Forum discusses challenges of coal-chemical plants 
“Mega projects will have to use rainwater and excess flow in outgoing rivers” 
Mongolian Mining News - Coal haulers place demands at meeting with Erdenes Mongol, ministries 
OT Q4 output at higher end of target 
Erdenet Mining overperforms in 2014, plans to do even better in 2015 
Parts of speech 
Neighbours - Miners, power firms agree to cut 2015 contract coal price in CHINA 
Galaxy revises sales terms for CHINA plant 
Arcelor Mittal sells Siberian coal mines to RUSSIAN company 
GAZPROM cuts gas purchases from Central Asia 
RUSSIA bans import of mining machinery for State needs 
Mining World Mining - All 9 commodities may see price fall: World Bank 
Codelco to cut 2015 costs by $1bn 
Queensland exports record coal tonnes 
Australian CSG industry to see massive revenue growth 
9 Escondida mines needed over next decade to meet demand: Rio Tinto Global gold output rises, but demand remains muted 
War for talent in mining to continue 
Study shows how mining boosts world’s poorest regions 
Top 10 global mining trends for the year 
In mining, no risk means no reward 
Global debate on China’s alleged intentions to mine Antarctica 
Business and Life - The iniquities of inequality

From the Editor in Chief - A bank of dirt becomes a stone wall
Policy - “State must support private sector in implementing concession agreements” 
Power Plant#5 will have two innovative features 
Prime Minister Ch.Saikhanbileg’s speech at Parliament (19.12.2014) 
MINING EVENTS 2015 
Mongolian Mining News - Oyu Tolgoi 2015 production forecast cut 
Darkhan Metallurgy commissions iron ore wet concentrate plant 
Aspire’s Ovoot blend a premium coking coal for China 
Sharyn Gol’s coal washing plant to be ready in Q1 
Parts of speech - A copper discovery in progress 
PERU cracks own, once more, on illegal gold miners 
Inner Mongolia gets ready for life after coal 
China has second thoughts on building coal-to-gas plants 
Fumes choke fantasies at factory waste ponds 
Neighbours - CHINA builds world’s largest facility to use coal mine methane to generate power 
RUSSIAN miners find rock containing 30,000 diamonds 
RUSSIAN potash mining destruction 
CHINA to build world’s first deep-sea mining vessel 
Is China the new coloniser in Africa? 
CHINA’S spending splurge in SA mining confounds analysts 
Mining World Mining - CANADA approves world’s largest copper-gold project 
EU against labelling Canadian oil sands ‘dirty fuel’ 
RUSSIA plans big presence in Indonesia’s oil and mining sector 
US Senate passes country’s largest copper mine 
After iron ore, BHP and Rio move to dominate in copper 
GLENCORE sees tighter coal market in near future 
Mining companies seen as the Arctic’s best hope 
Business and Life - Gold, glaciers and, wait, the jaguar, too

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