Bayan Marz leading example of a new working culture in Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (ot.mn) – Bayan Marz, the lead contractor on the Oyu Tolgoi -funded Govisumber Mining School of Excellence in Choir has been praised by both Oyu Tolgoi and the Director of the school itself.
The construction is a fine example of the massive investment in safety made by Bayan Marz, the State Specialized Inspection Agency (SSIA) and Oyu Tolgoi.
The School Director, Enkhbat G, who has previously said that the Oyu Tolgoi scheme ‘opened his eyes to what is possible’, said that he now had a ‘living laboratory of best practice safety’ unfolding at Choir.
“I have worked on a lot of projects for a lot of different owners but I have never worked for anyone that cared about health and safety like Oyu Tolgoi,” said Ganbold S, the Director of Bayan Marz.
The construction work is being undertaken as a part of Oyu Tolgoi’s 110 billion MNT investment in vocational training – the biggest of any such programme in of Mongolia's history .
The site of the vocational training centre has been winterised and signed off while work continues on the renovation of the dormitory.
The construction is proving to be advategeous for all involved. Students and teachers are benefiting from the extra work – there are 23 students and four teachers currently employed on site, and all have undertaken the SSIA safety training.
Bayan Marz has rented the school's own excavator to complete the Vocational Training Centre foundations. The school has an annual target to generate income from hire of their equipment, which has now been met.
To assist with these high safety objectives the School's Director has assigned one of the students to be a full-time safety trainee with Bayan Marz.
At Choir, Oyu Tolgoi is building 10 more classrooms and a sports/cultural hall, as well as upgrading dormitories with an additional 150 beds.
About Oyu Tolgoi (www.ot.mn)
Oyu Tolgoi LLC is Mongolia’s largest copper and gold mining company and is a strategic partnership between the Government of Mongolia, Ivanhoe Mines and Rio Tinto. Rio Tinto is the major shareholder in Ivanhoe Mines and the manager of Oyu Tolgoi. In addition to dividends from its stake in Oyu Tolgoi, the Government of Mongolia will receive taxes and royalties.
Oyu Tolgoi, located in the Gobi desert in southern Mongolia, will be one of the largest and highest-grade copper and gold mines in the world. It is the largest project ever developed in Mongolia, requiring a capital investment for Phase one of more than US$6 billion.
Oyu Tolgoi is committed to contributing to a sustainable future for Mongolia. At least 9 out of 10 employees will be Mongolian once the mine is in production and Oyu Tolgoi is investing US$85 million dollars (110 billion MNT) in training.
Oyu Tolgoi’s key priorities are the health and safety of employees, best-practice environmental management, contributing to sustainable communities and always doing business with integrity, for the benefit of all the project’s shareholders and the people of Mongolia.
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