The State, Popular Mobilisation and Gold Mining in Mongolia by Dulam Bumochir;

Author:Dulam Bumochir; [Неизв.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Book Network Int'l Limited trading as NBN International (NBNi)
Published: 2020-08-03T21:00:00+00:00

Notes

1I must make clear that I do not argue that environmentalist and nationalist movements and state control are the only causes of the decline of these gold mining companies. There are many other related factors and causes to do with their technology, management, accountability, expertise and investment and the fall of price in the international market as some environmentalists, politicians, gold mining companies and experts in the mining associations note and acknowledge.

2For more information see http://erel.mn.

3Chapter 4 and 5 show how the movement successfully closed down many mining operations and stalled mining licences. These chapters suggest that local river movements are powerless in the ‘mining war’, but they are a powerful group in the battle.

4As I mentioned in the Introduction, the official name of the law is Gol, mörnii ursats büreldekh, usny san bükhii gazryn khamgaalaltyn büs, oin san bükhii gazart ashigt maltmal khaikh, ashiglakhyg khoriglokh tukhai khuuli (Law to prohibit mineral exploration and mining operations at headwaters of rivers, protected zones of the water reservoir and forest area). Munkhbayar, the leader of the river movement, complains that nicknaming the law such as the ‘law with the long name’ is a political tactic to obscure the indication of the law. For him, the intention of the law that appears in the ‘long name’ of the law gives a proper indication (see Chapter 5).

5Many other companies also reveal the same. For example, the historical outline of the Altan Dornod Mongol (Golden East Mongolia; est. 1997) gold mining company, on its webpage, says that the company did not operate from December 2009 to September 2011 due to the National Police Agency investigation. Furthermore, the website states that due to the stall, the company owes 360 billion MNT, 1,000 hectares of the field was left without rehabilitation and caused enormous environmental damage, and all the equipment was left unattended and was therefore looted and eroded. For more information, see www.adm.mn/mn/бидний_тухай/c/Түүхэн_замнал.html

6For more information, see the company website www.gatsuurt.mn

7For more information, see the company website www.gatsuurt.mn

8Later official calculations of the government revealed that the government had to compensate about 222.5 billion MNT which was two or three years’ GDP (Bilguun 2015).

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