Ulaanbaatar
MPs to initiate law to establish rehabilitation fund
Economy | Mining
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ On April 24, Head of a lobby group in the parliament to back responsible mining MP A.Undraa and Member of Parliament M.Oyunchimeg attended a consultation meeting on improving the legal environment of extractive industry. The MPs involved in a tour to Canada to study best practices for improving legal environment and in an international leadership program to USA on mine closure and rehabilitation.
Attendees of the meeting were Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Canada to Mongolia Ed Jager, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of USA to Mongolia Jennifer Zimdahl Galt and representatives of a SESMIM project to strengthen extractive industry management of Mongolia.
Attendees of the meeting were Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Canada to Mongolia Ed Jager, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of USA to Mongolia Jennifer Zimdahl Galt and representatives of a SESMIM project to strengthen extractive industry management of Mongolia.
The MPs noted that due attention should be paid to avoid passing laws, which is problematic to implement and they also expressed their intention to initiate a law, that legalizes establishment of a rehabilitation fund from mining income and spending the fund for rehabilitation.
The Ambassadors said they will cooperate to resolve issues regarding the legal environment of extractive industry.
B.Ooluun
