Overview

• Ulaanbaatar’s working group drafted rental and operation rules for bicycles, mopeds and scooters and sent them to the city council in July, with proposed limits on age, speed, lanes, permits, fees and safety gear pending final review.
• Traffic police said studies have found no measurable congestion reduction from mopeds and scooters and pledged a targeted assessment, while city health officials counted 887 related injuries in 2021–2024 and 98 cases in the first half of 2025, half among 10–19 year‑olds.
• Parliament’s oversight committee recommended renegotiating the Ontrè investment to secure a larger state share and clarify government equity in the license area, as teams revise technical and financial models and pursue a 2–3 percentage‑point cut in shareholder loan rates.
• The ADB‑cofinanced 63 MW Dambadarjaa heating plant being built by a Chinese contractor is about 40% complete, with construction contracted to finish in August 2026 and commissioning to begin in September 2026.
• The government said Saudi firm Aqua Power announced plans to enter Mongolia with potential projects totaling about 10 GW, a roughly $10 billion program described as a future investment.