Within the framework of celebrating 95 years of mining in Mongolia, four conferences were scheduled to take place that includes delegates from all the provinces of the country, starting with Erdenet city of Orkhon province. The delegates gathered to evaluate their “yesterday”, discuss their “today” and plan their “tomorrow.”The central region conference was organized by the Ministry of Mining and Heavy Industry, Mineral Resources and Petroleum Authority, and Erdenet Mining company, gathering leaders and delegates, miners, researchers, civil society and enterprises from Darkhan-Uul, Orkhon, Selenge, Khuvsgul, Bulgan, Tuv, Arkhangai, Uvurkhangai provinces as well as Ministry of Natural Environment and Tourism, Ministry of Transportation, General Intelligence Agency, General Agency for Specialized Inspection.
The conference that consisted of 8 top officials, and a total of 400 guests and delegates, was led by Erdenet Mining Company’s General Director Kh. Badamsuren, and the recommendations drafted by the participants were read by G. Nandinjargal, state secretary of the Ministry of Mining and Heavy industry.
The recommendation covered 16 initiatives including “the government should work within the framework of operation to improve the legislation and eliminate overlaps of laws and legislations, ensure a sustainable, clear, competitive legal environment for the sector, promote the state policies for the minerals sector, industry sector, and minerals usage, atomic energy and other respective laws and legislation, strengthen the capacity for competition of minerals products on international markets, ensure to not politicize over the economic cornerstone mining sector, build the capacity of the companies, especially in the field of responsibility and accountability, improve the partnership between the government and private sector, create a working system for collaboration between the government, non-government organizations, specialized associations, civil society organizations, use underground minerals with minimum waste, prioritize the issues with occupational safety and health, provide accurate and true reports of the minerals sector to the public, introduce new technology and innovations to the production procedures, increase jobs in rural areas, develop the infrastructure, protect the nature and environment, prepare draft policies for projects for heavy industry, improve the professional skills, implement big projects to create a new industry, build an active innovation-friendly business, and correlate the mining sector’s development with the central regional development to improve the regional economic capacity.”
The central regional conference compiled, printed and submitted these recommendations to the Ministry of Mining and Heavy Industry and other respective ministries, and department for reference for future legislations and document.
