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Category Archives: Oyu Tolgoi
Regulating Foreign Investment Directly?
Will we see resource populism in the upcoming parliamentary election? Yes! How much? That remains to be seen and will likely determine the likelihood of the adoption of nationalist policies in the resource sector. Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Elections, International Relations, JD Mining Governance, Mining, Mining, Oyu Tolgoi, Politics, Populism
Tagged Julian Dierkes
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Canadian Bilateral Aid for Mongolia?
Would bilateral Canadian development aid instrumentally benefit Canadian mining interests? Continue reading
Posted in Bilateral Aid, Canada, Development, Media and Press, Mining, Mining, Oyu Tolgoi
Tagged Julian Dierkes
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Economist: “Booming Mongolia – Mine, all Mine”
By Julian Dierkes An article in the January 21 2012 edition of The Economist vividly describes Ulaanbaatar and Oyu Tolgoi in the winter of 2012. The story that some have been telling for some years, “Mongolia is the next Eldorado” … Continue reading
Posted in Democracy, Economics, Media and Press, Mining, Mining, Oyu Tolgoi, Policy, Politics, Research on Mongolia
Tagged Julian Dierkes
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All is well in Mongolia?
Yes, the Investment Agreement for Oyu Tolgoi will not be re-opened, but that’s no surprise, and doesn’t put an end to turmoil. Continue reading
Posted in International Agreements, JD Mining Governance, Mining, Oyu Tolgoi, Politics, Research on Mongolia
Tagged Julian Dierkes
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No Stable Anti-Mining Coalition
By Julian Dierkes Today, I published an Asia Pacific Memo that argued that no stable anti-mining coalition has coalesced in Mongolia to support or advance the recent petition asking the government to open negotiations with Oyu Tolgoi to increase the … Continue reading
OT: In Danger of Becoming A Hostage in Domestic Politics, Again
In 2005, Ivanhoe’s Robert Friedland’s infamous statement about the huge profits to be made in Mongolia at an investor conference in Florida delayed his deal with the Government of Mongolia over one of the biggest copper deposits in the world, … Continue reading
MPs Petition to Renegotiate OT Agreement
Translation of the petition of 20 Mongolian MPs to their government demanding that negotiations to raise the government stake in the giant Oyu Tolgoi project be initiated. Continue reading
