Britain is embroiled in a damaging diplomatic row with Mongolia over the arrest of its most senior spy which is threatening to derail relations between the two countries and freeze British companies out of contracts worth millions of pounds.
Although this article does not mention it, one of the companies that could lose out is Rio Tinto, which is involved with Ivanhoe in the massive Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold project.
See http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/mongolia-declares-diplomatic-war-on-britain-over-arrested-spy-2179155.html.