More details about the potential of the Elk-Antelope LNG Project emerge, 108 companies apply for exemptions to minimum wage increase, and social media fundraising underway to buy Bougainville cocoa. Your weekly digest of the latest business news.
Kina Asset Management Limited (KAML)
Government go ahead for Crater Mountain gold mining, Bank of South Pacific profits rise 16%, study to upgrade Ramu Highway signed. Your weekly digest of the latest business news.
A new approach to managing PNG’s economy, Manus Island detention centre to be ‘wound down’, and PNG cricketers turning professional. Your weekly digest of the latest regional business news.
Banks trading ‘well and above’ preferred kina rate, minister wants business contracts under K10 million to be reserved for Papua New Guineans, and Bakani says reserves will last seven months. Your weekly digest of the latest business news.
World Bank loan for roads and agriculture, draft tax review released and rubber farming halts in Western Province. Our summary of the week’s business stories.
O’Neill defends loan to buy into Oil Search, economy vulnerable unless security boosted, Manus Detention Centre focus of Abbott/O’Neill talks. Your weekly digest of the latest business news.
Infrastructure the next key investment area: Kina Asset Management
The great untapped investment area in Papua New Guinea is infrastructure, according to Syd Yates, Executive Director of investment fund Kina Asset Management Limited (KAML).
In what is believed to be a first for Papua New Guinea, Lihir Island landowners will have access to a new lending scheme to finance their small businesses and help foster economic development on the island.
Kina Assets Management Limited (KAML), Papua New Guinea’s first and only listed investment company, has announced a return of 7.2% for the first quarter of 2013.
Papua New Guinea’s first listed investment company, Kina Asset Management Ltd, (KAML) has announced a net profit of K4.73m ($US2.21m) in 2012, compared to a net loss of K9.43m (US$4.41m) the previous year.