МОНГОЛ УЛСЫН УУЛ УУРХАЙ,

ЗАСГИЙН ГАЗАР
ХҮНД ҮЙЛДВЭРИЙН ЯАМ

The policy and the current developments

of the mining industry
B.Delgerjargal
Chairman of the Mining Section of the Regulation Department of
Geology and Mining Policy and Implementation at the Ministry of
Mining and Heavy Industry

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POLICY AND LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE INDUSTRY, AND REFORM

Law of underground wealth/1988/

During 2009-2015, the Parliament passed bills and
policies to conduct for developing mining and
heavy industries to ensure sustainable and
Minerals law /2006/
economic growth of Mongolia

Nuclear energy law/2009/

Parliament

Widespread Minerals Law /2014/

Petroleum Products Law /2005/

Petroleum law /2014/

LAW TO PROHIBIT MINERAL EXPLORATION The Government is currently working to improve
AND MINING OPERATIONS AT HEADWA the legal environment to create a favorable
Law to prohibit mineral exploration and environment of investment and thereby improve
mining operations at headwaters of rivers,
protected zones of water reservoirs and
competitiveness of businesses.
forested areas /2009/
CURRENT STATE OF THE MINING SECTOR

Geological updates: Approved deposits an resources:

1:200 000 Geological mapping 100%

Minerals Measuring unit Deposit resources,
2017
1:200 000 Air magnetic mapping 60%
Copper mil.ton 53.4
1:200 000 gravity mapping 22%
Coal billion tons 37.2
1:50 000 Geological mapping 38% Iron ore billion tons 1.7
Hydrogeological mapping 84% Gold tons 1.5
Further Objectives: Intensifying the geological exploration, 1:50 000 mapping to be completed
of 40% of the national territory by 2020.
Zinc mil.ton 4.4
Fluoride mil.ton 30.5
3,078 special permits still valid U Uranium thousand ton 127.7
As of December 31, 2018
Petroleum mil.ton 332.6
4.5% of the entire
territory 1.0% of the entire East and the Central areas of the country were relatively well explored and further it is possible to
territory discover larger deposits by increasing geological explorations in Khangai and Western provinces .
Exploration Explotation
1,405 1,673
Current state of the mining industry, 2018
Percentage of the mining industry in the budget revenue Percentage in the economy

Gross Domestic Industry

Product

₮
2018 онд 2.1 их наяд ₮
(28.6%-ийн өсөлт)

2017 онд 1.6 их наяд ₮, Foreign Direct Export

2016 онд 747.4 тэрбум ₮
Investment

Mining contribution to the local development fund Mining Product Export

Нүүрс,
35.8 сая тн буюу $2.8B, 38.9%
2019

2018 Газрын тосны бүтээгдэхүүн,

Молибдены хүдэр, баяжмал, 825.3 мян.тн буюу $392.0M, 5.5%
6.0 мян.тн буюу $49.9M, 0.7%
Алт, 3.4 тн буюу $144.5M, 2.0%
Цайрын хүдэр, баяжмал,
123.9 мян.тн буюу $197.8M, 2.8% Жоншны хүдэр, баяжмал,
555.2 мян.тн буюу $189.9M, 2.7%
Хар тугалганы хүдэр, баяжмал,
23.2 мян.тн буюу $57.4M, 0.8% Төмрийн хүдэр, баяжмал,
7.4 сая тн буюу $342.2M, 4.8%

Зэсийн хүдэр, баяжмал,

1.4 mil.ton…
The outcomes of the policy conducted and issues resolved in the mining and
heavy industry in 2018.
“Petroleum Refinery Plant” State Owned Ltd. Boundaries of the Strategic Deposits

Boundaries of Nariinsukhait,
Tavantolgoi, Shivee-Ovoo, Baganuur,
The Petroleum Refinery Plant, state Strategic Tsagaansuvarga and Burenkhaan,
owned Ltd. was established as per the Deposit Erdenet-Ovoo copper-molibdinium
Government Resolution #92 of 2017, deposits were determined clearly.

Geological exploration “Erdenes-Tavantolgoi” SC

2018

(billion tugrugs) “Эerdenes Tavantolgoi” stock company

IPO is working on introducing IPO at the

both domestic and the international
stock markets.
2019
The outcomes of the policy conducted and issues resolved in the mining and
heavy industry in 2018.
Gold sold to the Mongol Bank Fuel price

Ai-92 fuel price is 100 tugrugs per liter.

The price is decreased by 50 tugrugs in
all provinces and towns except in Bayan-
Ulgii, Gobi-Altai and Bayan-khongor
aimags.

Rosnefti Petroleum Refinery Plant

Per ton

Altanshiree
53.1 billion tugrugs were given from
the Development Bank for the industrial
infrastructure development projects.
DornoGobi
Environmental protection/conservation and reclamation during mining
exploitation
Over 20 laws including the Environmental protection, Minerals, Environmental Impact Assessment
and Evaluation laws are used for regulation of this relation.

Comment: Up to date, mining exploitation areas totals to 27405,46 hectare lands, of which
8871,18 hectare land has been left not yet been rehabilitated.
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Termination grounds of special permits of minerals as a result of
environmental monitoring

Conclusion of the central body of • Termination of the exploitation special

the State government on the
environmental issues
• Local administration
• Bhag governor
• Soum governor
• Responsibilities and duties to rehabilitate the
• Aimag governor environment stated in the laws of
Environmental Protection, Environmental Impact
Assessment and Minerals law respectively,
• Evaluation of breach of an agreement made in
Offer letter for reminding accordance with the regulation of the long-
responsibility for rehabilitation named law enforcement/implementation
permits according to the Article 56 and
object 56.1 of the Minerals law
• Evaluation letter/conclusion statement
about grounds for special permit
termination made by the Central body
of the State government on
environmental issues.
Minerals and Petroleum
Authority terminates the special
permit.
The Policy and Strategy geared up for 2019
Geology Mining

Ensure transparency of geology and mineral resources’ Intensify investment of the large projects in order to improve
information, simplify special permit authorization economic and social benefits; expand public and private
procedure, increase funding from the State Budget partnership in the mining infrastructure.
planned the geological exploration

Heavy Industry Environment

Interception illegal mining exploitation; encouraging

responsible and transparent mining; pass regulations
Heavy industry operation alignment, ensure implementation
and procedure of rehabilitation and closure of
of mega or large projects, supply iron or metal products from
concentrator or ore-dressing enterprise, improve
the domestic market.
management planning of the mining that are preparing
for closure and enable monitoring possibilities.
Thank you for your attention

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