La Mongolie vire le responsable de sa participation dans la mine Oyu Tolgoï (19/08/13).
▻http://www.miningweekly.com/article/government-ousts-mongolias-oyu-tolgoi-chief-after-mine-delay-2013-08-1
Mongolia has sacked the head of the company that owns its stake in the Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold mine, in a move designed to appease Rio Tinto, the global miner and its partner in the operation.
A company official at Erdenes Oyu Tolgoi, who declined to be identified, said on Monday that politician Davaadorj Ganbold had been named as chief executive, replacing Tserenbat Sedvanchig, who had been in place only since December.
Apparemment, le petit problème de compréhension est de sa faute…
Sedvanchig has been blamed for triggering a misunderstanding after he sent a letter to Rio last month saying the financing of that project could go to Parliament for approval.
Rio Tinto, whose Turquoise Hill Resources unit owns 66% of Oyu Tolgoi, warned at the time Parliamentary approval would be a complex process that would take some time.
The government later clarified that Parliamentary approval was not needed, although the government did have questions about the project financing for the project, which is expected to boost the country’s economy by 35% by 2020.
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Sedvanchig said last month that the government still has 22 points of dispute with Rio Tinto, operator of Oyu Tolgoi, including what he called violations of the Mongolian legislation and their investment agreement.
D. Ganbold a été le président du Parti national du progrès de Mongolie, fusionné (2 fois) pour constituer le Parti démocrate, principal parti de la coalition au pouvoir.
Oyu Tolgoï aurait déjà viré environ 2000 personnes (14/08/13)
Rio Tinto cuts about 2,000 jobs at Oyu Tolgoi — report | MINING.com
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Mining giant Rio Tinto (ASX, LON, NYSE: RIO) is said to have laid off about 2,000 workers at its $6.6 billion Oyu Tolgoi mine in Mongolia, amid negotiations between the company and the government on how to share revenue from the mine.