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Mongolia Voids Border-Zone Mining Approvals, Advances Energy PPPs as Unions Press Pay Claims

Officials pair a sweeping border‑zone licence audit with fresh tenders to steer investment toward vetted projects.

Overview

  • Cabinet annulled late-term decisions granting use of 34,227 hectares near state border posts and ordered a one-by-one review of all mining licences issued in the border strip, with officials signaling possible legal accountability.
  • Five firms submitted preliminary bids for Hünnu City’s 90 MW battery storage project, which now moves to technical and financial evaluations before a competitive shortlist is set.
  • Ulaanbaatar will re-tender the Moringiin Davaa waste-to-energy plant after the previously selected Chinese partner sought to terminate the deal, citing court disputes that threatened project delivery.
  • Teacher and health worker unions filed constitutional and administrative complaints over reduced or missing pay increases and warned of escalating collective action if commitments are not met.
  • Mongolia’s Supreme Court declined to admit the appeal in the N. Enkhbat murder case, leaving the lower courts’ life sentence in force.