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Rise of Genghis Khan Linked to Unusual Rains in Mongolia
2014-03-12 17:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: A conventional historical narrative holds that the rise and expansion of the Mongol Empire -- first under Genghis Khan and, later, his progeny and successors -- were propelled by a deteriorating climate in the Mongolian steppe. Fleeing drought, the narrative runs, Ghengis Khan's Golden Horde pushed west, south and east in a bid for expansion that would someday form the world's largest contiguous empire. Indeed, climate records indicate that the arid, landlocked steppe was seized by decades of...
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Mongolia and Lufthansa Consulting Sign MoU
2013-10-21 15:30:00| Airport Technology
The Ministry of Roads and Transportation (MRT) of Mongolia signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Lufthansa Consulting on 15 October 2013 in Frankfurt, Germany.
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MONGOLIA: Italian firms seek cashmere cooperation
2013-10-19 12:10:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Italian companies have expressed an interest in cooperating with Mongolia in manufacturing wool and cashmere products - including setting up a joint factory in Italy.
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Energy Hits New Rocks in Mongolia
2013-10-10 09:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: Mongolia, 90 percent dependent on fuel imports from Russia and vulnerable to price hikes, is seeking to develop its oil shale deposits of at least 800 billion tons. The country recently signed a five-year agreement with U.S. company Genie Energy to explore oil shale "in situ". Oil shale is essentially oil trapped in solid form within rock. Shale oil, also known as kerogen oil, is produced by pyrolysis, hydrogenation, or thermal dissolution, by contrast with shale gas, which is extracted by...
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Indra wins contract to deploy ADS-B systems in Mongolia
2013-07-26 01:00:00| Airport Technology
Indra has received a contract from the Mongolian Civil Aviation Authority (MCAA) for the deployment of automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) systems at several locations to boost the countrys airspace surveillance capacity.
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