For fluorspar miners in Khentii aimag, who comprise the majority of the aimag’s artisanal and small-scale miners, trips to the Bor-Undur processing plant are both long and costly.

Mongolian government representatives experienced first-hand the best practices and lessons learned by their South American counterparts in the formalisation of the artisanal and small-scale mining (AS...

Dundgovi artisanal mining consultative meeting-2018 was held on May 22nd in Mandalgovi city. The event was organized in cooperation with the Mineral resources and petroleum agency of Mongolia, Sustain...

The transition to a market economy rapidly began in Mongolia causing social and economic crisis in the country. During this painful transition, people had no other choice than rushing to their Mother...

In order to increase social insurance payments among artisanal miners, the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection conducted capacity building training in Chinggis city, Khentii aimag, in May for gov...

The SAM Project has signed a multi-faceted cooperation agreement with governors in nine aimags - Bayankhongor, Khentii, Uvs, Khovd, Bayan-Ulgii, Govi-Altai and Umnugovi.

A framework for more responsible ASM was developed in a series of recommendations for government and non-governmental organisations, ASM cooperatives and partnerships at the “The ASM Legal Environment...

An “Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining” conference in Selenge aimag on 27 of March, which provided support for the organisation of ASM miners and information on current ASM government policies and legis...

Interview of the Mongolian Mining Journal with E.Enkhbat, Executive Director of the Gold Producers’ Association, why the sector thinks the Gold-2 programme is good on paper but poor in execution.