{mosimage}The 11th Asian Marathon Championships were held in Hong Kong on February 17. Altogether 144 athletes from 15 countries competed at the tournament. Four Mongolian athletes also competed at this tournament.

{mosimage}Russian oil producer Rosneft will freeze oil prices at January levels as part of an agreement to build 100 consumer gasoline stations. The company said this price freeze will remain intact through July.

{mosimage}Mongolia is aiming that the number of tourists will be reached 440 thousand in 2008, a deputy of the Tourism of the Ministry of Road, Transportation and Tourism E.Battulga talked. He said, 386 tourists came in Mongolia in the first ten months of 2007, which increased by 56 thousand or 14.6%, compared with the same [...]

Yurt is one type of the human housing. Scientists consider that separation between nomadic herder tribes and hunter tribes was the main reason of the origin of Yurt. Most scientists who made studies on yurt hardly tried to reveal differences and similarities of demands of use yurt, traditional features of people who lived in yurt, [...]

{mosimage}Mongolia has agreed to allow QGX (QGX-T) to begin mining tungsten and molybdenum at Undur Tsagaan. These are both minerals used in the hardening of steel.  The demand and market price of both minerals may be heading up due to China restricting the mining of both minerals.

Singing a traditional Mongolian long song is not an easy task. However, the country has numerous well known and unknown singers. Three long song singers – B.Nomin-Erdene, G.Erdenechimeg and D.Uuriintuya – have become popular for their special vocal performances in the ethnic/pop genre and debut album released on February 18, in the capital city. They [...]

{mosimage}A state competition, Ovlon Bujigletsgeeye or Let’s Dance by Inheriting, has been running at the Mongolian Children’s House. The competition was organized under the name of State Honored Artist, G.Dolgorsuren. Dancers from the capital city and countryside have been participating.

{mosimage}Like the freestyle wrestling team, the Mongolian judo team was kept busy with a series of international tournaments around Europe. The team exchanged experiences with the French team during four-days of training in Paris from January 11-14. From Paris, the team was divided into the men’s and women’s teams.

{mosimage}QGX Ltd. (TSX:QGX) announced Wednesday that the government of Mongolia has issued a mining license for the Undur Tsagaan site in eastern Mongolia.  The license will allow open-pit mining for tungsten-molybdenum by QGX. Molybdenum is an essential mineral used in the hardening of steel.

{mosimage}For the ninth year in a row, China has been cited as Mongolia’s largest trading partner. Officials in Ulaanbaatur disclosed this week that total trade between Mongolia and China increased by 43 percent to U.S. $2.07 billion in 2007.