News Mongolia and China agree plan to connect rail networks Mongolia and China will build a rail link to connect their networks to reduce trade costs, particularly for Mongolia’s coal, Railway Supply reports. The line will extend a 240km track…
News After 10 years’ work, China puts finishing touch to world’s longest pipeline China has completed its East-route natural gas pipeline, which runs for 5,111km from the Russian border to Shanghai, seven months ahead of schedule, South China Morning Post reports. The final…
News Russia promotes nuclear plant for proposed new Mongolian city Russia’s ambassador to Mongolia has told the Izvestia newspaper that he hoped Mongolia would order a nuclear power station for a planned new city, Nuclear Engineering International reports. Ambassador Alexey…
News Work begins on $300m battery complex in Inner Mongolia A groundbreaking ceremony was held last Wednesday for an energy storage project in China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, trade group Vanitec reports. The $300m Dengkou Renewable Energy Storage Project is…
News Mongolian development plans omit Russia’s new pipeline to China, which passes through it Fresh doubts have been cast over Russia’s proposed new gas pipeline through Mongolia to China after the newly-elected Mongolian government published its “Action Program” for 2024-28, prioritising medium and long…
News Chinese firms to plan a new city in Mongolia A team comprised of Chinese state-owned companies has won a design and planning contract for a new city in Mongolia, close to the town of Kharkhorum in the Orkhon Valley,…
News Mongolia announces first tender for Ulaanbaatar metro Mongolia yesterday began its $1.3bn project to build a metro in Ulaanbaatar by launching a tender for consulting services, United News of India reports. The tender closes on 18 March.…
News Mongolian capital to get mass-transit cable car system A project to build a cable car transportation system in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia, is to begin next month, Kyrgyz press agency AKI reports. The scheme is to be…
News Mongolia to start Ulaanbaatar metro next year Mongolia will start building a metro line in its capital Ulaanbaatar next year, according to Chinese news agency Xinhua. A senior Mongolian official said the aim was to reduce congestion…
News Russia to start Mongolian section of gas pipe to China in 2024 Work on the Mongolian section of Russia’s gas pipeline to China will start in the first half of next year, reports Russian news agency Tass. It quoted Viktoria Abramchenko, a…
News Contractor picked to build Mongolia’s first refinery Indian contractor Megha Engineering and Infrastructure (MEIL) has been awarded a $648m contract to build Mongolia’s first greenfield oil refinery. The agreement was signed in Ulaanbaatar on Friday. The Hyderabad-based…
News Sinopec launches world’s biggest green hydrogen project in Inner Mongolia China’s state-owned energy company Sinopec broke ground on an $828m green hydrogen facility last week in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The company called it the “world’s largest green hydrogen-coal…
News China breaks ground on 16GW Mongolian energy complex China has begun work on an $11.5bn renewables project in Inner Mongolia that will eventually generate 16GW of energy, the Xinhua news agency reports. The project, located in the Kubuqi…
News Indian contractor to build Mongolia’s first oil refinery Hyderabad-based civil engineer Megha Engineering & Infrastructures (MEIL) has won a $790m contract to build Mongolia’s first ever oil refinery. MEIL will also build a pipeline and a power plant.…