On January 25, L.Oyun-Erdene, Prime Minister of Mongolia, and Jakob Stausholm, CEO of Rio Tinto from London, attended a special ceremony at the Oyu Tolgoi mine site and formally commenced the underground mining operations at Oyu Tolgoi.
During his speech, the Prime Minister spoke about the importance of Oyu Tolgoi for Mongolia and its substantial contributions to the prosperity of our country. By 2030 OT is expected to be the fourth largest copper mine in the world. All of our SSM teams are proud to serve this world-class mining project.
The ceremony was organised by Rio Tinto and all the services were prepared by our teams (breakfast, special lunch and refreshment, setting up the ceremony, disinfection of rooms and premises).