Mining/petroleum

Enga landslide: what business needs to know

4 Jun 2024 by Nadav Shemer Shlezinger Leave a Comment

The Porgera gold mine is operating without restrictions, following the tragic Papua New Guinea landslide which hit nearby. Meanwhile, New Porgera Limited and other PNG businesses are contributing to relief efforts, reports Nadav Shemer Shlezinger.
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Kumul Minerals head: Wafi-Golpu contract to be completed by mid-2024

4 Jun 2024 by Business Advantage PNG Leave a Comment

Sarimu Kanu, Managing Director of state-owned miner Kumul Minerals Holdings, gives an update on the progress of the Wafi-Golpu mine project to Business Advantage PNG, and outlines the company's strategy to consolidate some of Papua New Guinea's smaller mining projects.
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Papua New Guinea’s premier business magazine to publish a special mining and energy edition

4 Jun 2024 by Charlotte Armstrong Leave a Comment

With a strong decade on the horizon for mining and energy in Papua New Guinea, Business Advantage PNG is set to publish its first special edition devoted solely to these sectors.
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ExxonMobil PNG’s Tera Shandro on the next decade of LNG in Papua New Guinea

7 May 2024 by Tera Shandro 2 Comments

A decade on from the opening of PNG LNG, Papua New Guinea's first gas project, ExxonMobil PNG's Chairperson and Managing Director Tera Shandro reflects on the progress so far and the potential of forthcoming projects such as the K5 billion Angore project and the Wildebeest prospect.
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Papua New Guinea’s proposed National Gold Corporation Bill opposed by industry

24 Apr 2024 by Business Advantage PNG 7 Comments

PNG CORE has come out with serious objections to the government’s proposed National Gold Corporation Bill. We take a closer look at the legislation and what it could mean for the country's second most valuable export.
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Large-scale fabrication plant to underpin industrial park outside Papua New Guinea’s capital

14 Feb 2024 by Business Advantage PNG Leave a Comment

Work has begun on Kumul Petroleum Holdings Ltd’s US$100 million steel fabrication plant just north-west of Port Moresby. In an exclusive interview, Kumul Petroleum MD Wapu Sonk outlines how the facility will boost PNG manufacturing, and anchor a new Special Economic Zone in the Caution Bay area.
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TotalEnergies zeroes in on final barriers to Papua LNG project go-ahead

14 Feb 2024 by Tony Jordan 2 Comments

A final investment decision on the Papua LNG project remains on the agenda for this year. Managing Director of project lead TotalEnergies E&P PNG, Jean-Marc Noiray, walks Business Advantage PNG through the milestones ahead for the US$10 billion-plus gas project.
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New Porgera Chairman announces reopening date for gold mine

13 Dec 2023 by Business Advantage PNG Leave a Comment

The Porgera gold mine in Papua New Guinea's Enga Province will officially restart on 22 December, according to the Managing Director of Kumul Minerals Holdings, Sarimu Kanu, who is also Chairman of New Porgera Limited, the new operator of the mine.
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Papua LNG investment decision faces delay as financiers grapple with climate concerns

13 Dec 2023 by Tony Jordan 4 Comments

The final investment decision for the TotalEnergies-led Papua LNG project, which would spark a fresh investment boom in Papua New Guinea, still faces significant hurdles, as growing environmental activism makes finance harder to arrange and international energy projects compete for scarce construction resources.
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Decarbonisation: what’s the business opportunity and how does PNG get involved?

25 Oct 2023 by Business Advantage PNG Leave a Comment

The decarbonisation of the global economy is going to create the greatest investment opportunity of our lifetime, according to KPMG's Global Oil and Gas Lead, Jonathan Parker. But how do companies prepare, and what role does government have in making it happen?
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Five questions with economist Chris Richardson, keynote speaker at the 2025 PNG Investment Conference
With tariffs, military conflict and geopolitics at play, it’s already been an extraordinary year for the global economy. Business Advantage PNG speaks with eminent economist Chris Richardson, who will be keynote speaker at this year’s Papua New Guinea Investment Conference in August, for his views on what it all means for business. BAPNG: As an […]
From the desk of the Innovation PNG Conference Program Director
Papua New Guinea can become an innovation nation. Innovation, simply put, is the solving of problems by using new ideas, methods and tools. PNG has a great example from its own history. Some 9000 years ago in the Waghi Valley, near what is now Mt Hagen, people first decided to drain and divert water in […]
“Business Advantage Fiji” to showcase Fiji’s economy
A new international publication aimed at promoting Fiji as a business and investment destination will be published in mid-2025. Business Advantage Fiji, the latest in a respected series of international guides to Asia-Pacific economies, will be published in July 2025 by leading regional business media company, Business Advantage International. Written by professional business journalists, the […]

Mining/petroleum

Enga landslide: what business needs to know

Kumul Minerals head: Wafi-Golpu contract to be completed by mid-2024

Papua New Guinea’s premier business magazine to publish a special mining and energy edition

ExxonMobil PNG’s Tera Shandro on the next decade of LNG in Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea’s proposed National Gold Corporation Bill opposed by industry

Large-scale fabrication plant to underpin industrial park outside Papua New Guinea’s capital

TotalEnergies zeroes in on final barriers to Papua LNG project go-ahead

New Porgera Chairman announces reopening date for gold mine

Papua LNG investment decision faces delay as financiers grapple with climate concerns

Decarbonisation: what’s the business opportunity and how does PNG get involved?

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Five questions with economist Chris Richardson, keynote speaker at the 2025 PNG Investment Conference

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