The scientific conference “Mongolian and Chinese cooperation in the mining sector” held in Ulaanbaatar, on April 18-19, 2013.

The representatives from Ministry of Economic Development, Ministry of Mining, Customs General Administration, Governor’s Office of Dornogovi aimag, professional associations, scientific organizations on Mongolian side, researchers from the State University of Inner Mongolia, Chinese Institutes on Mongolian study on Chinese side took part with their reports in the conference organized jointly by the International Relations School of NUM, the Inner Mongolian University of PRC.

Mongolia is rich in natural minerals which are considered as non-renewable resources. So, Mongolians are need to pay a great attention to the proper management for using of wealth. Our south neighbor- China is main purchaser of Mongolian mineral resource products. Concentrations of coal, iron ore, copper, zinc and tin are fully exported to China and amount of this export is increasing every year. Also, companies with Chinese investment prevail in the foreign investment for Mongolia’s mining sector and such tendency is expected to be expanded.

In this regard, researchers of two countries discussed several issues on what would be the more appropriate version for Mongolia and China to support mutually beneficial cooperation in this sector. Also, they touched on some problems related to constraints concerning the foreign investment, influences of railway and infrastructure development on the mining sector and effectiveness of environmental-friendly activities.

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