August 13, 2013

A Wild Ride Through Mongolia’s Resource Boom | Circle of Blue WaterNews

A Wild Ride Through Mongolia’s Resource Boom | Circle of Blue WaterNews: "ULAN BATOR — A hard rock and coal mining boom that really got rolling about a decade ago is literally leaving Mongolia’s capital in the dust. It’s also yielded 1) an aged Communist-era airport that is too small for the rapid rise in passenger traffic, and 2) monstrous traffic jams on the official two-lane highway leading from the airport to downtown."

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