Oyu Tolgoi hands over the Made in Mongolia Ecobus to Umnugovi aimag

Oyu Tolgoi’s Chairman of the Board of Directors Mr.Batsukh gave a speech opening the handover ceremony of Mongolian made eight ECOBUSes as part of the “Umnugovi public transportation improvement project” of “Gobi Oyu Development support fund” sponsored by Oyu Tolgoi LLC. We are thankful to President of Mongolia Mr. Battulga Khaltmaa, Members of Parliament from Umnugovi region Mrs. N. Amarzaya and Mr. L. Enkhbold – for their participation in the handover ceremony.

Oyu Tolgoi’s vision statement is “Natural wealth to enduring value, knowledge, and skill” and Government of Mongolia’s policy of supporting “Made in Mongolia” aligns with our company’s strategy of supporting Mongolian made products through supporting national businesses. A Cooperation Agreement was signed by Oyu Tolgoi LLC with Umnugovi aimag, and Khanbogd soum in April 2015 and Gobi Oyu Development support fund was founded in September 2015 as part of our efforts to achieve our vision. Under the cooperation agreement, Oyu Tolgoi makes a contribution of US$5 million every year to Gobi Oyu Development Support Fund to support community programs and projects in Umnugovi aimag. Since its establishment, the fund has financed 26.7 billion tugrugs and 65 projects and programs towards sustainable development in important areas such as water, environment, pasture land management, cultural heritage, tourism, health, education, training and investment of the region.

This “Umnugovi public transportation improvement project” is one of the 65 projects that “Gobi Oyu Development support fund” has financed since 2015 and we are extremely happy to handover this Ecobuses made by Mongolian engineers to Umnugovi aimag.

Highlights from the projects and programs:
In 2015: Building two new kindergartens with capacity of 200 children in Dalanzadgad soum
In 2016: Building a new sports gym for School No.2 in Dalanzadgad soum & Building a new hospital in Bayan-Ovoo soum
In 2017: Building kindergarten & school complex in Khanbogd soum, Animal health center office building with 4 family apartment, necessary equipment and animal shelter, new heating plants in Khanbogd & Manlai soum and 8 ecobuses in Dalanzadgad soum