Photo credit: PNG Chamber of Mines and Petroleum Twenty employees from St Barbara Limited’s Simberi Operations observed the World Environment Day by planting more than 200 mangrove shoots (young trees) at Pikinur along the airport runway at Simberi, New Ireland Province. Led by the General Manager, Randy McMahon and the Environment team, the employe...

Photo: Ark buildings are easily assembled by local workers, thus assisting developers achieve their local content objectives by providing training and employment for people in their footprint communities Prefabricated modular building supplier, Ark Pacific, continues to increase its market share in the provision of camps across PNG’s resource sector. W...

Photo: PNG Air 35th Anniversary Launching One of Papua New Guinea’s Leading Airlines PNG Air has marked and is celebrating 2022 as its 35th anniversary year.  PNG Air has been taking Papua New Guinea and Papua New Guineans to their destinations since its initial beginnings as Milne Bay Airlines (MBA) right through to the airlines transition to PNG Air ...

Photo: Members of the OTML Joint Working Party of Union and Management leaders and the Managing Director & CEO, Musje Werror at the signing. Also present to co-sign and witness the event was Industrial Relations Acting Manager, Wala Iga, and Industrial Registrar, Helen Saleu. Ok Tedi Mining Limited (OTML) and the Ok Tedi Mining & Allied Workers...

Renowned as Papua New Guinea’s most iconic beer brand-SP Lager has indeed been uniting Papua New Guineans since 1952. With South Pacific Brewery celebrating SP Lager’s 70th anniversary this year, iPi Catering is beyond honoured and elated to be part of this monumental journey. South Pacific Brewery has long been a highly valued partner of iPi Cateri...

Photo credit: Weir Minerals As a leader in materials development and advancement, the team of material scientists at Weir Minerals are always pushing for ways to improve the capabilities of our technology for our customers. The advanced laboratories at Weir Minerals develop a variety of materials, from natural to synthetic, to polyurethanes and comp...

Photo: NiuBridge on the Boluminski Hwy, New Ireland, PNG You know how they say, “Build a bridge… and get over it”?  Well with PNGFP NiuBridge you don’t have to build it, because it’s already built! These expertly designed and engineered modular bridges are prefabricated to your specifications by PNG Forest Products. With a design life of 50+ years a...

Photo credit: Migration Plus Migration Plus is a leading Migration firm in Cairns, in the Far North Queensland region providing professional migration advice to students, individuals, government, businesses and corporate groups including the mining, hospitality, tourism, agricultural and air services industries. Migration Plus are also Education Age...

Ok Tedi Mining Limited (OTML) has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Kiunga Technical Vocational Training Centre (KTVTC) to train and develop trades men and women. Signed between OTML’s Major Projects Business Unit and the KTVTC in March, the MoU defines the application and selection processes for the students attending the colle...

According to the company's 2021 annual report, Steamships' businesses were robust in achieving an overall revenue increase of 11% in 2021. Chairman Geoff Cundle stated that the outcome was achieved despite the twin obstacles of a weak underlying local economy and the global consequences of the Coronavirus (Covid-19). “Steamships’ hospitality group, ...

Photo credit: Newcrest Mining Newcrest Lihir has commissioned an improved Temperature Measuring Unit (TMU) that further enhances safety for personnel working at its geothermally active mining pit. This second generation TMU comes after the christened Anako 13, commissioned on 6 March 2018; it engineers out the risk of personnel exposure to geysering...

Kumul Petroleum Holdings Limited, today hosted a ground-breaking ceremony for its Steel, Mechanical and Piping (SMP) module fabrication facility and construction training academy outside Port Moresby, near the LNG plant on the shores of Caution Bay. Managing Director Wapu Sonk explained that, in preparation for forthcoming LNG and mining developments i...

Melanesian marine services company, Pacific Towing (PacTow), has conducted In Water Surveys (IWS) in Papua New Guinea for more than 10 years. Certified by multiple international survey companies for the supply of IWS of ships and mobile offshore units in the oil and gas sector, PacTow has recently introduced a ‘live video feed’ component to their IWS serv...

Photo: OTML Deputy CEO & General Manager Community & Operations Support, Kedi Ilimbit pays his respects to the fallen during the Dawn Service at the Tabubil Country Club on Monday, 25th April Ok Tedi Mining Limited (OTML) observed ANZAC Day with a Dawn Service hosted in Tabubil. A number of employees, contractors, local dignitaries and membe...

Photo credit: BSP According to BSP Group CEO Robin Fleming, the pre additional company tax Q1-2022 financial results were driven by improving economic conditions and income growth, when compared to Q1-2021. “Growth in BSP’s offshore branches and PNG Bank were the main drivers for the overall uplift in underlying Group NPAT,” according BSP Group CEO ...

Every year, hundreds of Papua New Guinean’s will require life-saving heart procedures as lifestyle related disease and coronary heart disease is among the top ten common cause of admission at the Port Moresby General Hospital. Today, Papua New Guinea’s largest referral hospital, Port Moresby General Hospital (PMGH) officially opens a fully equipped 30 ...