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Structured register of government actions in the geoeconomic space — export controls, tariffs, sanctions, FDI screening, subsidies, industrial-policy laws — cross-referenced into the country, minerals, and ETF surface. Charter: docs/IPTM_CHARTER.md.
Severity 1-5 is the qualitative impact rating (1=minor, 5=structural). The bilateral-trade-grounded quant scorer is the next IPTM milestone. RBI (Register Breadth Index) is a complementary structural-breadth indicator from scripts/py/iptm/breadth.py; divergence between RBI and severity is itself informative (high-sev / low-RBI = strategic chokepoint; low-sev / high-RBI = broad but shallow). Every action has at least one primary source URL. Verify-or-don't-file. See also themes, timeline, graph, sankey, map, country exposure, sector exposure, material exposure (+ graph), weekly briefs, portfolio scan, escalation monitor, trans-shipment hubs. Internal triage tools (RSS-poller candidate feed, source-feed health) live under /admin/candidates + /admin/sources. Subscribe via Atom feed (accepts ?country=CN, ?material=lithium, ?issuer=BIS, ?type=export_control, ?etf=SOXX, ?company=NVDA, ?minSeverity=4, ?year=2026, ?q=…) or pull /api/iptm/actions.
The Mongolian Ministry of Mining and Heavy Industry announced on 5 September 2025 that the calculation basis for mineral-resource royalty (MRRL) payments will shift from international and regional benchmark prices (in use since 2021) to average prices realised on the Mining Product Exchange (MPE) of the Mongolian Stock Exchange, effective October 2025. Exporters are required to sell at least 25% of their annual mineral output domestically through the MPE to establish the royalty-reference price; those falling below the 25% threshold default to international benchmarks. Coal is the first commodity listed on the MPE auction calendar, with copper, fluorspar, and rare-earth products scheduled to follow on a phased timetable. Officials project approximately MNT 100 billion in additional annual budget revenue; industry bodies have flagged double-MRRL collection risk and requested a transition grace period.
Mongolia's State Great Khural adopted Resolution No. 62 on 2 July 2025, establishing a Temporary Oversight Committee chaired by MP O. Batnairamdal to investigate the state's ownership interest and percentage in the Oyu Tolgoi Strategic Group of Deposits, including the valuation of JV License areas (Shivee Tolgoi and Javkhlant) held by Entrée LLC for the Entrée/OTLLC joint venture. The Committee conducted three-day public hearings in early December 2025, summoning approximately 300 witnesses including former Mongolian Prime Ministers and Presidents, and Rio Tinto CEO Stephen Scott. On 19 December 2025, the Committee submitted a draft resolution to Parliament, which was referred to the Standing Committee on Economics for further consideration ahead of government negotiations. The investigation creates material uncertainty for Rio Tinto's Oyu Tolgoi underground ramp-up (~480 kt/y Cu at peak) and Entrée Resources' JV License renewal, with the 2009 Investment Agreement potentially subject to renegotiation.
At its regular session of 19 February 2025 the Mongolian Cabinet adopted Resolution No. 95, renaming the legacy state-owned enterprise "Mongolrostsvetmet" to "Erdenes Critical Minerals" and approving a revised operational charter that adds research, exploration, extraction, processing and utilisation of rare-earth elements to its mandate. The renamed SOE sits inside the Erdenes Mongol LLC group and becomes Mongolia's primary state vehicle for upstream critical- minerals activity, with funding for exploration, development and processing routed through the group's unified strategic-planning framework and dividends flowing to the Sovereign Wealth Fund.