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Boris Kushhov

Mongolia’s largest coal deposit: year results and new initiatives

On December 20, 2023, the second stage of hearings of the Temporary Control Committee established by a special resolution of the State Great Khural of Mongolia to monitor the situation at Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi, the state-owned company operating the largest mineral deposit in the country, began. Following a December 2022 corruption scandal involving a discrepancy between coal export data and figures published by Chinese customs, a special regulation was imposed on Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi, which was renewed in November 2023. This Control Committee was also established…

Boris Kushhov

Rosatom in Kazakhstan - the referendum, tender and unique advantages

In the second half of 2023, Rosatom’s activities to promote and implement new NPP projects in the Central Asian republics entered an unprecedentedly active phase. At present, such initiatives, which are at different stages of discussion and implementation, are proposed to three of the five countries of the region – Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. But by far the largest of the promising projects in the region is the concept of creating the first nuclear power plant in the leading country in Central Asia in terms of electricity consumption, namely Kazakhstan. This particular project…

Boris Kushhov

What is White Dzud and why is it so dangerous for Mongolia?

November-December 2023 were almost unprecedentedly harsh months in Mongolia: most of the country was under a massive layer of snow, the thickness of which reached up to 50-60 centimetres in many regions. At the same time, mid-December was also frosty, with temperatures in some parts of the country dropping to -50 degrees Celsius. In addition to weather threats and challenges traditional for most countries and peoples of the world – such as failures in the work of transport, industrial enterprises, a sharp jump in injuries among the population, hypothermia…

Boris Kushhov

Arcelor-Mittal in Kazakhstan: an unmitigated horror and an inglorious end

Boris Kushhov

Darbaza-Maktaaral-Zhetysai: a small railroad with great prospects

Boris Kushhov

Rosatom and Monatom: Prospects of Creating a New Type of NPP in Mongolia

Boris Kushhov

Happy Neutrality Day: Why does Turkmenistan need “positive neutrality”?

Boris Kushhov

“An inspector is coming!” The EU Special Envoy has been seen in Astana and Tashkent.

Boris Kushhov

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