Overview
- The government formally opened operations at the Bortee coal deposit, a Tavan Tolgoi asset reported to hold about 424.2 million tonnes and a planned 15 million tonnes per year capacity, and expects roughly 1,500 jobs from the project.
- Work on the Gashuunsukhait–Gantsmod cross‑border railway is in mid‑construction at about 33 percent completion with bridge foundations, earthworks and engineering installations underway and large crews and machinery operating on site.
- A joint, unannounced inspection of 140 firms with special permits to extract common construction minerals in Ulaanbaatar is under way, with authorities reporting excess extraction, safety rule breaches and other legal violations and ordering fixes under formal notices.
- The national energy workers’ union set a nationwide strike to start at 08:00 on June 30 after wage talks stalled, saying roughly 6,600 workers backed the action and demanding government or ministry proposals in the coming days to avert disruption.
- Officials are pairing development with stronger oversight and local projects: a two‑month Lake Khövsgöl cleanup is planned, Ulaanbaatar has completed drainage lines at 10 of 17 high‑risk sites, and the city revoked a 6,000 sq. m. permit near the Zhukov monument to create a public park.