– Oyu Tolgoi received its third Development Award –
From left: Minister for construction and urban development Ts.Bayarsaikhan and Oyu Tolgoi LLC Deputy Director – Special Project, Ole Saeverud
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia – The ceremony for selection of Best Building of the Year of Dragon has been held last Saturday at the Blue Sky Tower. Oyu Tolgoi LLC’s Khanbumbat airport has received a Best Building award through the selection process facilitated by Mongolian Urban Development Chamber. The airport has been awarded as the facility’s layout meet international standards and exterior and interior design reflects traditional cultural elements.
Capable of receiving Boeing-737-800 and C-130 and other large aircraft, Khanbumbat world-class airport includes a passenger terminal building, air traffic control tower and fire control facility and has the capacity to service 240 passengers per hour.
The runway is 3,250 metres long and 45 metres wide and aircraft can take off and land from either end. Mongolian architects designed the airport terminal based on a 13th century Mongolian palace, blending copper and gold colors into the ger design.
Khanbumbat airport was awarded 'Best Regional Construction of 2012' Grand Prix by the end of last year at Golden Tower-2012 event which identifies a best company of construction sector.
About Oyu Tolgoi LLC (http://ot.mn/en)
Oyu Tolgoi LLC is Mongolia's largest copper and gold mining company and is a strategic partnership between the Government of Mongolia (34 per cent stake), Turquoise Hill Resources (66 per cent) and Rio Tinto. Rio Tinto is the major shareholder in Turquoise Hill Resources and the manager of the Oyu Tolgoi project. In addition to dividends from its 34 per cent 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 1 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$58 million dollars (78 billion MNT) in training and education and an additional US$27 million dollars (36 billion MNT) in the Workforce Employment Project designed to help address the general skills shortage in Mongolia
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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