Gearhart United and Redback™ Drilling tools are combining to form Redback™ Drilling Tools & Manufacturing.  Gearhart United is the premier designer and manufacturer of oilfield equipment and custom manufacturing operating two state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in Wingfield, South Australia, and Moomba, South Australia. Redback™ Drilling Too...

A former Trukai Smart Farmer Program participant has been recognised as a model rice farmer following his initiative and innovation to incorporate best farming practices in his village, making him the recipient of a Village Sustainability Kit (VSK). The Village Sustainability Kit is a rice farming kit that is given to genuine rice farmers under Trukai ...

Samantha moved on from KOI in 2014 and joined Oil Search as a Maintenance Data Entry Clerk in the planning team and that is where she discovered her passion for maintenance planning. In January 2024, Samantha was promoted by Santos to the Maintenance Planner role, a role that has been newly created for the Global Support Centre in Port Moresby. Came...

Ok Tedi Mining Limited officially launched the Community Mine Continuation Agreement (CMCA) Extension Review Project 2024 - 2025 on 17th February and commenced engagement meetings on 19th February. The CMCA Extension Review Project will be conducted from 2024 to 2025 with the aim to obtain consent from the 158 mine impacted villages to extend mine oper...

Steamships is pleased to announce the appointment of Christine Kasou, who joins the Board of Directors, effective 1 March 2024, adding to a growing number of young Papua New Guinean representatives in leadership positions within the Company. She is the third Papua New Guinean director to be appointed.  Ms Kasou holds a Bachelor of Laws from the Univers...

Improving access to healthcare is at the heart of a three-year partnership agreement signed recently by Interplast and PanAust. Interplast sends teams of volunteer plastic and reconstructive surgeons, anaesthetists, nurses and allied health professionals to provide life-changing surgery and medical training in 17 countries across the Asia Pacific regio...

An exciting milestone under the Youth Opportunities program was completed last week. Thirty-nine participants made up of nine Kutubu Local Level Youth Development Council (KLLYDC) executives and 30 representatives from 18 wards attended a week-long consultation workshop. The representatives were from a range of sectors including education, health, sports,...

Twenty-two new apprentices officially joined Ok Tedi Mining Limited’s (OTML) Apprenticeship Training Program, after signing their Indenture Contracts with OTML and the National Apprenticeship Trade Testing Board (NATTB) on January 30th in Tabubil, Western Province. The 22 apprentices are enrolled in various trades including auto electrical, carpentry, ...

Weir’s Chief Strategy and Sustainability Officer Paula Cousins recently spoke at COP28 in the United Arab Emirates about the importance of harnessing innovative technologies to make mining more sustainable.  In a panel discussion hosted by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan and moderated by the World Business Council for Sustainable D...

Seafaring officers are no sooner graduating from their cadetships than being snapped up by maritime companies keen to fill gaps in their workforces. Take for example, recent graduates of the Deck and Engine cadetship programmes of Pacific Towing (PacTow) and Consort Express Lines (Consort).  Many of these new ‘Officers of the Watch’ secured employment wit...

Beltech Engineering, born as a one-man mining maintenance consultant that has grown into a significant national presence in Australia, now extends its expertise and commitment to excellence internationally to Papua New Guinea and the wider Oceania region. As a renowned engineering, fabrication, and maintenance services provider to the mining and heavy ...

Ok Tedi Mining Limited (OTML) is committed to maintaining an industry-institution relationship with the Papua New Guinea University of Technology (PNGUoT) to ensure the institution produces quality graduates that are ‘industry ready’. OTML Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Kedi Ilmibit, said this on 8th February at the opening week of PN...

More than 500 Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) soldiers stationed in Port Moresby were recently treated to a belated but unforgettable Christmas Luncheon in February. Soldiers who had missed out on their traditional Christmas celebrations were surprised with a festive luncheon organized by the local catering company, iPi Catering. The event wa...

K92 Mining Ltd. (“K92”), the operator of the Kainantu Gold Mine in Eastern Highlands Province, is pleased to announce that it has welcomed 11 graduate students as part of the 2024 class of the K92 Graduate Program. The K92 Graduate Program was established in 2022 to award students who have completed their degree qualifications with the opportunity to u...

Swire Shipping announced today that Westwood Shipping Lines (Westwood), a niche vessel operator specialising in the trade between the Pacific Northwest and Northeast Asia, will change its name to Swire Shipping effective 1 February 2024. Swire Shipping acquired Westwood in June 2022 as part of a growth strategy to expand its liner network in North America...

PNG Air regrets to advise our customers and the travelling public as of midnight, due to the implementation of restrictions by our jet aviation fuel supplier across the country, PNG Air scheduled flights are subject to late boarding and slight delays. The disruption of flights will be ongoing until the supply restrictions on jet aviation fuel are uplif...