Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister has announced a US$13 million airport in Mendi and Moody’s has changed the country’s issuer ratings from negative to stable. Your weekly digest of the latest business news.
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Changes at Air Niugini, new regional CEO at Digicel.
With only 10 years of estimated current mine life, Ok Tedi Mining is working hard to optimise production and maximise profit at Papua New Guinea’s largest copper mine, says CEO Peter Graham.
New World Bank report predicts 5% GDP growth for Papua New Guinea in 2019, consumer protection in financial services, and Bloomberg puts a value on Panguna mine. Your weekly digest of the latest business news.
New chancellor at the University of Natural Resources and Environment, new chairperson announced at ACP Group, changes in NASFUND’s board of directors, new CEO at Digicel PNG Foundation.
The US$8 billion (K26.5 billion) Sepik Development Project at Frieda River will create ‘a new economic corridor’ in PNG’s northwest. Developer PanAust is suggesting it could give employment to about 5000 people during construction and increase Papua New Guinea’s GDP by K90 billion over 40 years.
Last month, the Papua New Guinea Government tabled the Foreign Investment Regulatory Authority Bill in Parliament. What is the bill designed to achieve and why is the business community concerned? Business Advantage PNG investigates.
New head of corporate and commercial banking at Westpac PNG, board change at PNG Air, a new Pacific supremo for Australia and a new CEO at Cardno.
Papua New Guinea electrification project to start in Enga Province, Mining Act in Bougainville set for alteration, while moratorium on business visas ends. Your weekly digest of the latest business news.
A Pacific-wide three-month ban on fish aggregating devices (FADs) has been extended for another year to allow tuna stocks to continue to revive. But in a warning to other fishing nations, Palau is going ahead with its ban on all commercial fishing vessels.