Progress is being made on a planned expansion of the Ramu nickel-cobalt mine, but regulatory approvals may take some time, the Head of Asia-Pacific for Ramu joint-venture partner, Nickel 28, explains to Business Advantage PNG.
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While the timing of a final investment decision on Papua LNG remains uncertain, Papua New Guinean businesses are busy preparing for an announcement. Business Advantage PNG reports.
In this exclusive interview, Arnaud Berthet, Managing Director of TotalEnergies EP PNG, provides an update on key components of the Papua LNG project to Business Advantage PNG, and provides clarity around the expected timeline to a final investment decision.
Papua New Guinea’s National Executive Council recently approved the framework for the ‘most significant’ fiscal and regulatory reform since independence, Petroleum Minister Jimmy Maladina confirmed at the 2025 PNG Petroleum & Energy Conference in Port Moresby earlier this month. Business Advantage PNG outlines the key details of this new policy.
Last month, PanAust received key environmental permits connected to its Frieda River copper-gold project. It is now ramping up its work towards a special mining lease, as its project director reveals in this exclusive interview with Business Advantage PNG.
International concerns about the supply of LNG, gold and copper are making PNG a more attractive market for both buyers and investors, as Nadav Shemer Shlezinger learns from two top analysts.
After delays to key resources projects Papua LNG and Wafi-Golpu, there are signs that final investment decisions and other key milestones are drawing closer. Meanwhile, M&A activity in the sector is heating up.
Papua New Guinea is on track to become an offshore gas producer before the end of the decade, thanks to Twinza’s Pasca A project. There are also hopes of large offshore oil discoveries, with two separate drilling campaigns being planned in a prospective new offshore basin.
In a market where more than F$10 billion is held in retirement funds, BSP Life has carved out a niche by meeting demand from Fijians for near-term financial security.
Independent power producers are key to PNG’s ambitious electrification goals. However, they may wait to see results from PNG Power’s turnaround plans before approving new investments, as Business Advantage PNG learns.