Five questions for Paladin’s Managing Director David Saul and Director Ian Stewart

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Paladin Group’s Managing Director David Saul and Director Ian Stewart talk to Business Advantage PNG in this exclusive interview about the challenges they have had in PNG, what they have learned and their future plans.

In brief: Oil and Gas Act to be amended and other business stories

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Changes to the Oil and Gas Act, Prime Minister James Marape has announced that he wants to get the Wafi-Golpu gold mine ‘operational at the soonest’, and opposition leader Patrick Pruaitch has presented a case to challenge Marape’s election as prime minister. Your weekly digest of business news.

Exclusive: Wera Mori on foreign investment and special economic zones in Papua New Guinea

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In an exclusive interview held at the 2019 Business Advantage Papua New Guinea Investment Conference, Papua New Guinea’s Minister for Commerce and Industry, Wera Mori, tells Business Advantage International’s Publishing Director Andrew Wilkins it’s time for PNG to extend its economic base.

Boardroom briefing: Air Niugini alerts Apple users about safety issues, Android adopts new naming conventions, and best companies to work in Australia

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MacBook Pro recall due to battery issues, Android simplifies its naming convention and updates its logo, and the best companies to work for in Australia. Readings from around the world on business, leadership and management.

People moves: SP Brewery, Anitua Group, Credit Corporation PNG, PNG Power, Ahi Local Level Government

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SP Brewery announces a new Managing Director, new Chief Financial Officer and Chief Commercial Officer at the Anitua Group, PNG Power names Acting Chief Executive Officer, Credit Corporation PNG appoints General Manager Property, and the Ahi Local Level Government elects a President.

US$10 billion Papua LNG project to go ‘full steam ahead’ in Papua New Guinea

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Papua New Guinea’s Petroleum Minister has announced that the government will honour a gas deal struck with French major Total SA for the US$10 billion Papua LNG project. The project will be the single largest foreign investment in the Pacific country since the advent of the US$19 billion PNG LNG project a decade ago.

In brief: Papua New Guinea approves progress of Pasca LNG project

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Twinza Oil (PNG) to progress Pasca LNG project, Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister has said that a Supplementary Budget may be announced within the next few weeks, and the Coral Sea Cable project is nearing completion. Your weekly digest of business news.

A change of leadership at PNG Power: what next?

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Acting Managing Director Carolyn Blacklock has resigned from state-owned utility, PNG Power. The announcement comes with the state-owned utility on the cusp of launching a new ‘reform agenda’.

How Papua New Guinea’s public debt has changed since 1990

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Watch how public debt has grown in Papua New Guinea since 1990, based on central bank statistics.

In brief: Newcrest announces results and comments on Wafi-Golpu and other business stories

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Newcrest unveils its 2019 results and comments on Wafi-Golpu, Kingston Resources to increase exploration at Misima and the Investment Promotion Authority revisits K1,000 penalty. Your business digest of business news.