On November 13, 2013, nine civil society organizations from Mongolia, Europe, US and Australia submitted their initial review of the Oyu Tolgoi (OT) project’s Operational Management Plans (OMPs) to the World Bank Group Board of Executive Directors in anticipation of the Board’s November 19th technical briefing. The Oyu Tolgoi copper/gold mine in the South Gobi …
Photograph of Oyu Tolgoi mining complex courtesy of Oyu Tolgoi Watch. Press release originally published by CEE Bankwatch. Ulaanbaatar, 04 July 2013 A group of Mongolian herders submitted today an official complaint to the Project Complaints Mechanism of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), hoping to initiate a process of evaluation of the …
In abstaining, the U.S. representative cited concerns over the potential environmental consequences and an inadequate impact study of the mine plan.
The Board of Directors of both the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the World Bank Group (WBG) have approved funding for the Oyu Tolgoi (OT) copper/gold mine in Khanbogd, Mongolia last week, despite local and global resistance to the project.
The IFC responds to a December 14 article that questions why the Bank is considering financing a huge Oyu Tolgoi mining project that includes a 750 megawatt plant despite a report that criticizes the flawed project impact assessment, water and climate concerns.
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, December 13, 2012 Just one week after its grim warning during the UN climate talks in Doha that the world is on a path towards a four degree-rise in global temperatures, the World Bank is set to approve financing for yet another coal plant. The plant will power a giant mining complex in …
A group of CSOs note several flaws with the Oyu Tolgoi Environmental and Social Impact Assessment and ask the company to respond to their concerns. On November 9, 2012, a network of international CSOs submitted a report to Oyu Tolgoi LLC (the Rio Tinto subsidiary that manages the mine) that outlines some of the main …
Group of Mongolian herder households files complaint with Meg Taylor, the Vice President of the IFC and MIGA’s accountability mechanism, the Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman (“CAO”), at the World Bank’s Annual Meetings in Tokyo.
The World Bank Board of Directors has announced plans to consider a copper and gold mining project in the Mongolian South Gobi desert even though the Bank itself acknowledges that there is not enough water in the region to support the life of the Project.
Following months of delay and pressure from civil society, OT LLC finally releases the long-awaited Environmental and Social Impact Assessment for the mine.