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BEIJING, Nov. 9 , 2012 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Yongye International, Inc. (NASDAQ: YONG), ("Yongye" or the "Company") a leading developer, manufacturer, and distributor of crop nutrient products in the People's Republic of China ("PRC"), today announced its financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2012. Third Quarter 2012 Financial Highlights Revenue decreased 7.7% to $129.7 million from $140.6 million in the third quarter of 2011 Gross profit decreased 5.9%...
Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online The saga continues for a Tarbosaurus dinosaur fossil from Mongolia. In the latest act, a Florida man wanted for allegedly smuggling a host of prehistoric fossils, including the Tarbosaurus skeleton which had been recently sold illegally through Heritage Auctions, was arrested on Wednesday, authorities reported. Eric Prokopi, 38, of Gainesville, Fla., was arrested on charges that he illegally smuggled numerous dinosaur fossils into...
BAAR, Switzerland, Oct. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Manas Petroleum ("Manas") (TSX-V: MNP; OTCBB: MNAP) announces that its subsidiary Gobi Energy Partners LLC, has completed drilling at the Ger Chuluu D1 well. Drilling was stopped after reaching 600 meters without any hydrocarbon shows. After logging the well was plugged and abandoned. Ger Chuluu D1 was the second well drilled in the Ger Chuluu sub-basin; it was drilled in an effort to achieve a final conclusive answer about the...
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today that a SITECH(®) Technology Dealer has been established in Mongolia. SITECH Mongolia joins the premier network of SITECH dealerships--the first fully dedicated global distribution network offering the most comprehensive portfolio of construction technology systems available to the heavy civil construction contractor. SITECH Technology Dealers represent Trimble(®) and Caterpillar(®) machine...
BAAR, Switzerland, Aug. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Manas Petroleum ("Manas") (TSX-V: MNP; OTCBB: MNAP) is pleased to announce that on August 23, 2012 its subsidiary Gobi Energy Partners LLC., spud its first well in Mongolia. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120823/NE61834 ) Gobi Energy plans to drill this first well Ger Chuluu A1 to a depth of 1200 meters and into Jurassic/Paleozoic formation. Target horizons in Ger Chuluu A1 are Lower Zuunbayan and Tsagaantsav...
BAAR, Switzerland, Aug. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Manas Petroleum Corp. ("Manas") (TSX-V: MNP; OTCBB: MNAP) has filed its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the six months ended June 30, 2012 on EDGAR and on SEDAR. (www.sedar.com or www.sec.gov). The following provides you with a review of some of the highlights: Highlights Q2 2012 PSA ratified by Tajik government Mongolia: Prospects ranked and drilling scheduled for second half of August Entered option agreement to purchase...
For the first time ever, researchers working with the Snow Leopard Trust and Panthera have been able to locate and video cubs within a den site belonging to the rare and endangered snow leopard. South Gobi, Mongolia (PRWEB) July 13, 2012 After a month of intensive searching, a research team has located the den sites of two female snow leopards and captured astonishing videos of a young cub resting inside a den with its mother. Using GPS radio collars, an international team of scientists...
Attracted to living the simple life in yurts, owners seek MoldOff to remove mold and mildew, drawn to it especially because it is eco-friendly and highly effective for cleaning the material used to make yurts. Phoenix, AZ (PRWEB) July 12, 2012 Taking a page out of the Mongolians’ age old building plans, modern man is embracing yurts’ charming cupcake-shaped dwellings once again. So much so that Pacific Yurts in Cottage Grove, Oregon, one of the oldest yurt manufacturers in the U.S.,...
ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia, July 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- From the Office of the President of Mongolia: This morning, President Tsakhia Elbegdorj received U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the Government House in Ulaanbaatar. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120709/PH36943 ) During their productive forty-minute meeting prior to Secretary Clinton's prepared remarks to an international conference, President Elbegdorj stressed his belief that mutually beneficial economic...
BAAR, Switzerland, July 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Manas Petroleum Corp. ("Manas") (TSX-V: MNP; OTCBB: MNAP) is pleased to provide this update on the progress of the exploration program in Mongolia, which is focused on drilling two wells in 2012, through its subsidiary Gobi Energy Partners LLC. Highlights: Ranking prospects resulted in drilling Ger Chuluu A 1 as first well Secured rig to drill two wells in 2012, commencing drilling in August The 2011 and 2012 work programs (seismic...
Latest Mongolia Reference Libraries
The Mongolian-Manchurian grassland ecoregion, known also as the Mongolian-Manchurian Steppe, located in the temperate grassland Biome, is found in Mongolia, the Chinese Autonomous region of Inner Mongolia and northeastern China. The grassland covers an area of 342,600 square miles. This Palearctic temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands ecoregion of the Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands Biome, creates a large crescent around the Gobi Desert, stretching across central...
The Asian badger or sand badger (Meles leucurus) is native to The Korean Peninsula, China, Kazakhstan, and Russia. Its range includes Mongolia and the Urals in the southeast portion of Russia. It prefers a habitat within open woodlands with deciduous vegetation next to pastures, but it will reside in steppe lands, scrublands, coniferous forests, and mixed woodlands. This badger species can be found at an elevation of up to 13,000 feet and is separated from the European badger by the Volga...
Symbol: THMO10 Group: Lichen Family: Thrombiaceae Growth Habit: Lichenous Native Status: NA N Classification: Kingdom Fungi – Fungi Division Ascomycota – Sac fungi Class Ascomycetes Family Thrombiaceae Genus Thrombium Wallr. – thrombium lichen Species Thrombium mongolicum H. Magn. – Mongolia thrombium lichen
Protoceratops, meaning “first horned face,” is a genus of herbivorous ceratopsian dinosaur from the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous Period (83 to 70 million years ago) in what is now Mongolia. The first specimen was discovered by photographer JB Shackelford in 1922 in the Gobi desert while working with an expedition looking for human ancestors. The photographer did not uncover any human remains but did find many specimens of fossilized Protoceratops, along with other dinosaurs of...
Tarchia, meaning "brainy one," is a genus of ankylosaurid dinosaur from the Campanian-Maastrichtian stages of the Late Cretaceous Period of what is now Mongolia. It was taken from the Barun Goyot Formation (previously called the "˜Lower Nemegt Beds"˜). It is currently the geologically youngest known of all Asian ankylosaurid dinosaurs and is represented by at least five specimens. Tarchia currently includes only the type species, T. gigantea. Despite the rocks, in which the specimens...
