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.
The global mining industry is still in a ‘big hangover’, says Newcrest Mining’s Chief Development Officer, Michael Nossal. He tells an industry event that improving productivity is now the name of the game, as the industry waits for the interest from investors to return.
Young Papua New Guinea digital entrepreneurs are developing followings in film and podcasts. They are bringing something relatively new to the country.
Papua New Guinea has a ‘fair and reasonable’ fiscal regime for resources when compared with its neighbours Australia and Indonesia, according to John Chambers, General Manager PNG for Santos. He outlines three approaches used around the world to deliver benefits from projects.
They’re creative, they’re tech savvy and they’re keen to share their stories. In the first of a three part series, Lisa Smyth speaks to six Papua New Guineans who are at the forefront of the digital push in PNG.
Twinza Oil is getting closer to producing gas from the Gulf of Papua according to Managing Director Huw Evans. He has outlined ambitious plans for PNG’s first offshore hydrocarbons development.
Canadian-listed company Cobalt 27 has acquired Highlands Pacific, principally for its interest in the Ramu nickel-cobalt mine in Papua New Guinea. The corporate play will mean divestment of non-core PNG assets.
The Port Moresby Stock Exchange has new majority owners. So, who’s behind Pacific Capital Markets Development and what are their plans for Papua New Guinea’s bourse? In this exclusive interview, one of the Principals of Pacific Capital, Frank Dunphy, reveals all to Business Advantage PNG.
Kumul Consolidated Holdings, the holding company for Papua New Guinea’s state-owned enterprises (SOEs), has released its Year in Review. It says that 2018 has been ‘particularly difficult and challenging’ for the country’s SOEs and that a fundamental change is necessary if the enterprises are to expand.
Papua New Guinea’s hosting of APEC 2018 was a success, say three senior figures involved in its organisation. Ivan Pomaleu, PNG’s APEC Ambassador, suggests that the country achieved all of its goals in spite of the lack of a consensus within the group of 21 nations.