Author: Munkhbadral

Umnugobi, Oyu Tolgoi – Speaker of the Mongolian Parliament, Z. Enkhbold, visited Oyu Tolgoi on Friday 6 March. Speaker Enkhbold took a tour of the site’s operations, including the open pit, infrastructure, and the concentrator plant, which recently shipped its one millionth tonne of concentrate. Speaking from the mine site, Speaker Enkhbold said: “I’ve seen…

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia – Oyu Tolgoi today announced that it had shipped its one millionth tonne of copper concentrate. Oyu Tolgoi has reached the million tonne milestone after the first shipment of concentrate was delivered in July 2013. Speaking on this achievement, Andrew Woodley – President and CEO, Oyu Tolgoi LLC, said: “This is a major…

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia – Oyu Tolgoi was last week named as the Best Responsible Mine at the fifth annual Mongolian Mining Journal Awards. The award recognises how Oyu Tolgoi made the transition from construction to full capacity operations in a responsible way – placing safety above all else, maximising long-term benefit for all stakeholders, and protecting…

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia – Oyu Tolgoi today announced its production report for the fourth quarter of 2014. Oyu Tolgoi produced 50,300 tonnes of copper and 278,000 ounces of gold in concentrates for the quarter. Higher ore grades during the quarter led to increased metal production over previous quarters. This was, however, partially offset by reduced processing…

The soum with the largest camel population in Mongolia held its 11th annual Camel Festival last Saturday. The festival in Khanbogd soum, Umnogovi began with a camel parade to the quiet melodies of the camel-head fiddle. Other events included camel races, competitions to select the best camels in a number of categories, a quiz about…

Lkhamaa Yondon is a proud woman. She has worked for the last three years at Oyu Tolgoi’s training department with the noble task of organising more than 200 Oyu Tolgoi scholarships for young Mongolians to study at domestic and international universities. The students, their parents, siblings and relatives, are deeply grateful to Oyu Tolgoi for…

A scientific conference looking at the historical and cultural heritage of the Gobi was held on 26 November, Wednesday in Ulaanbaatar. The conference, organised by the Academy of Sciences and the Umnugovi aimag Governor’s office, was sponsored by Oyu Tolgoi. The conference was attended by prominent academics, the management of the Academy of Science, and…

On 3 December, 2014, there was a fire in one of the ball mill cyclone packs at the Oyu Tolgoi concentrator. There were no injuries. The concentrator was shutdown to ensure the safety of Oyu Tolgoi’s employees and to allow appropriate inspections by relevant authorities. The inspections were completed on 4 December and the operations…