Startups
Mongolian entrepreneurs exploit cheap wool for new products
Sheep fleece turned into fertilizer and soap for export
Mongolia
Materials
Rio Tinto and Mongolia settle feud over Oyu Tolgoi copper mine
Deal marks a positive development for Anglo-Australian mining giant
Market Spotlight
Mongolia stock market turns heads with 133% gain
Benchmark index topped world in 2021 as investors prepared for bank IPOs
Materials
Mongolia pushes Rio for more concessions in $7bn mine talks
Government asks for full debt forgiveness after Australian company raises offer
The Big Story
Mongolia's missing millions: What happened to a decadelong mining boom
Striking it rich with huge mineral deposits. What could go wrong?
Sports
Mongolian-born sumo grand champion Hakuho to retire
Winner of record 45 tournament titles calls it quits after nagging knee injury
Materials
Mongolia to 'carefully review' financing offer from Rio Tinto
Officials warn $6.8bn Oyu Tolgoi expansion talks could take several years
COVID vaccines
Mongolia's mass jabs fail to suppress COVID spread
Nation has Asia's highest rates of vaccinations and confirmed infections
International relations
Senior US diplomat Sherman to visit Japan, South Korea, Mongolia
China not on deputy secretary of state's itinerary
Politics
Mongolia presidential vote: ex-PM Khurelsukh declares victory
Head of ruling party solidified support with track record against coronavirus
Politics
Mongolian presidential vote to turn on handling of COVID
Former PM Khurelsukh stands on People's Party's record in offering aid
COVID vaccines
Mongolia resumes vaccinations as worst outbreak rolls on
Free from COVID in 2020, nation of 2m grapples with a sudden surge
Caixin
Vast sandstorms expose Mongolia's long-ignored ecological crisis
Desertification threatens largely agricultural country of 3.4m people
Engineering & Construction
Mongolia's first solar-plus-storage project won by Japan-led bid
Plant engineer JGC teams with local builder on plant to power city of 20,000
Materials
Rio and Mongolia agree to replace $7bn plan to expand copper mine
New leaders to work out deal to better share rising project costs
Coronavirus
Mongolia loses battle to stay COVID-free
People cry foul at impromptu measures imposed following months with no cases
International relations
Pompeo to visit Japan, South Korea and Mongolia next week
Trip to East Asia planned amid frosty ties with China
Opinion
Mongolia's economy is stuck between China, Russia and US
Reelected prime minister must navigate geopolitical tensions
Politics
Mongolian People's Party retains strong parliamentary advantage
First time for single party to keep absolute majority in consecutive elections
Politics
Mongolians go to polls amid economic woes and coronavirus success
Voters maintain their social distance and a three-decade-old democracy