A drilling campaign covering 1.5 km in the Gulf region has revealed there is enough high quality coal to run a 50-megawatt power station for 30 years, according to Paul Mulder, CEO of Brisbane-based unlisted miner, Mayur Resources.
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Port Moresby-based Pacific Green Technologies and Eco-Solutions is helping Papua New Guinea achieve a balance between development and environmental protection. Founder and owner, Dr Wari Lea Iamo, talks with Business Advantage PNG about the company’s work.
New and emerging technologies have the potential to radically transform business operations, driving e-commerce, cloud computing and efficiencies in supply chains and manufacturing. Business Advantage PNG asks some technology experts how some of these technologies may be deployed in Papua New Guinea.
In 2008, with encouragement and a small loan from a colleague, George Griffin set up the recruitment business CC Pacific in partnership with Cadden Crowe. Seven years and a lot of hard work later, he has a multi-million kina business on his hands.
China’s economy has promising prospects even as it adapts to a ‘new normal’ stage of its economic development. So what impact will a lower Chinese growth rate have on Papua New Guinea? Business Advantage PNG asks three regional analysts.
We’re the biggest company in Papua New Guinea you’ve never heard of, according to John Uthmann, CEO of PICSA Group PNG, and we are aiming to grow bigger.
The construction of 100 affordable houses in Port Moresby will be the launchpad for similar projects elsewhere in Papua New Guinea, predicts Joe Webb, the Managing Director of Australian joint venture partner Amode.
Exports from Papua New Guinea rose 64 per cent in value during 2014 to K21,903.6 million, largely due to the start of LNG production, according to the Bank of Papua New Guinea.
The selection of the two key sites to develop Papua New Guinea’s Elk Antelope LNG fields was a difficult task, requiring a full set of studies to reach a decision, according to Philippe Blanchard, the Managing Director of Total PNG, the lead operator of the project.
The partners in Papua New Guinea’s second LNG plant have chosen Caution Bay as the processing site for the Elk-Antelope project, paving the way for close cooperation with the nearby ExxonMobil PNG LNG venture.