Cases / Mining · Mongolia · 2013–2020
Oyu Tolgoi river diversion case in Mongolia listed with CAO
Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.
Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
- The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
A case on river diversion at the Oyu Tolgoi mine in Mongolia is listed with the CAO, the IFC ombudsman. At stake is the river that the case says was diverted; the sources reviewed do not verify the details.
What?
A case on river diversion at the Oyu Tolgoi mine is listed with the CAO; the details are not verified CAO (IFC/MIGA Compliance Advisor Ombudsman)
Where?
Oyu Tolgoi, Khanbogd, Mongolia CAO (IFC/MIGA Compliance Advisor Ombudsman)
When?
2013 to 2020 CAO (IFC/MIGA Compliance Advisor Ombudsman)
Who?
Gained
None on recordLost
None on recordHarmed
None on recordWhy?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
River diversion at the mine, as reported; not verified in the sources reviewed
5 of 6 questions answered from the record · open: who
What happened
The record, in order.
A CAO case reference for Oyu Tolgoi in Mongolia, covering 2013 to 2020, is listed in the sources reviewed [0].
The reference is titled Oyu Tolgoi-02/Khanbogd and also names Accountability Counsel, with no link given.
In court and with insurers
Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.
Lawsuits and rulings
No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.
Insurers
No insurer decision on record.
What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: a river diversion at a mine with a 'net positive impact' target.
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: herders say the promised water schemes were not completed.
- Insufficient The source describing these claims is marked as unverified; the CAO page itself was not confirmed in the sources reviewed.
- None on record Accountability Counsel is named with no link.
- None on record The mine operator and ownership are not stated in the sources reviewed.
- None on record The number of people affected is not stated in the sources reviewed.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
Voices on record: — Company or project— Government and regulators— Courts✓ Press and investigations— Communities and civil society— Researchers
Press and investigations
- Oyu Tolgoi-02/Khanbogd (CAO case)CAO (IFC/MIGA Compliance Advisor Ombudsman) ·
Connected cases
Related matters, and cases linked to this one through the same organisations, with the role each played in both.
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- CAO (Compliance Advisor Ombudsman, IFC/MIGA) (International organisation) — here: lists the case reference; there: lists the case file