Human Rights and Mongolia’s Small-Scale Mining Sector

Since the collapse of the socialist regime in 1990, Mongolia’s economic development has been dependent on an expanding formal and informal mining sector that for many years had little regard for the environment. As the negative environmental implications of such rampant mining expansion became clearer, Mongolia’s government and national and international communities have put pressure on mining companies to comply with international environmental standards.
http://asiafoundation.org/in-asia/2014/10/29/human-rights-and-mongolias-small-scale-mining-sector/