Photo: Papua New Guinea Agriculture Minister John Simon during the Investment Forum held at the Almas Conference Center, Almas Tower, Dubai, UAE Papua New Guinea has the potential to become the meat bowl or supplier of quality beef meat to the world if we had international “friends” partnering with government and existing industry players to invest in ...

Photo: (Left) Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Honorable John Simon and Minister for Tourism Arts and Culture Honorable Isi Henry Leonard (right) with the Secretary General and Chairman of the UAE Chamber of Commerce and Industry His Excellency Humaid Ben Salem who officiated at the second part or the Roundtable Discussion on Education, Science and ...

Landowners in Warangoi, Pomio, East New Britain, have been informed that they would be paid K5 million for the use of their land and water for the Warangoi Hydro Power Project by James Marape. In Parliament, he provided this guarantee to Pomio MP, Hon. Elias Kapavore, who had inquired about the payment schedule. PM Marape promised landowners that th...

According to James Marape, his government has made lending facilities available to SMEs through Bank South Pacific (BSP) and the National Development Bank (NDB). He said that the projected Credit Guarantee Corporation of PNG has yet to be established as a result of this. In Parliament, PM Marape stated this in response to a question from Yangoru-Sau...

Mineral Resources Authority (MRA) executive director Jerry Garry says the state is hoping that agreements for the US$5.4 billion (K18.5 billion) Wafi-Golpu mining project in Morobe would be finalized in the first quarter of this year. He stated the State Negotiation Team (SNT) was working on a mining development agreement, and that many of the terms in...

The $US12 billion Total-led Papua LNG Project will begin front-end engineering and design in June 2022. Total Energies Senior Vice President Asia Pacific Julien Pouget verified this, who stated that the business is dedicated to seeing that the project is completed, adding that the PNG Total Energies team, led by managing director Jean-Marc Noiray, is o...

Photo credit: gparchitect BSP Financial Group Limited (BSP) recently announced a net profit after tax of K1.075b for the financial year ended 31st December 2021. The result was driven by the release of COVID-19 provisions, good foreign exchange revenue, and strong transaction volumes across all markets. BSP CEO, Robin Fleming, noted that overall bus...

Newcrest Mining, whose interests in PNG include the Lihir Gold mine and a 50% share in the proposed WafiGolpu project with Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited, has a long-standing partnership with PNG. Newcrest MD and CEO, Sandeep Biswas, travelled to Port Moresby this week and met with Prime Minister James Marape, during which he reaffirmed the compan...

The Papua New Guinea Chamber of Mines and Petroleum congratulates the Papua New Guinea Government and joint venture partners ExxonMobil, Santos and JX Nippon on the execution of a gas agreement to guide the development of the P’nyang Project.  Prime Minister James Marape, Petroleum Minister Kerenga Kua, Exxon Mobil’s Peter Larden and Santos’ Brett Darl...

The Internal Revenue Commission has inaugurated its 2022 annual work plan at the Revenue Haus in Port Moresby, with the subject "Building the basis of a robust, modern, and efficient tax administration by 2025." Commissioner General Sam Koim of the Internal Revenue Service (IRC) said 2021 would be a difficult year, but with the goal of making IRC a str...

The Independent Consumer and Competition Commission has awarded the Australian telecommunications giant Telstra Corporation Limited permission to proceed with its acquisition of Digicel PNG Limited. ICCC Commissioner and CEO Paulus Ain stated that while Telstra is one of Australia's four (4) major telecommunications companies, the ICCC has concluded th...

One of the most significant hurdles to economic growth and direct foreign investment on Bougainville is the absence of insurance coverage by insurance companies for enterprises. Insurance companies in Papua New Guinea have a language in their policies that expressly indicates that they will not cover enterprises operating on Bougainville. This polic...

Photo credit: ABG - President Toroama and Steamships MD By agreeing to comply with the rules of the Autonomous Bougainville Government on inbound investment, Steamships Trading Company has taken the first step toward regaining its previous properties in Bougainville. Before the firm returns to Bougainville, Managing Director Rupert Bray went in Toni...

Photo credit: Mayur Resources - Central Cement and Lime Project - Decarbonisation Roadmap Mayur Resources Limited has executed a Collaboration Agreement with ASX listed First Graphene Ltd for the development of graphene derived additives for cement manufacturing specific to low carbon cements and Portland Limestone Cements (PLC). The intent of the Agre...

Photo credit: Santos Ltd Santos has joined the Papua New Guinea Government and P’nyang project participants (affiliates of ExxonMobil and JX Nippon) to execute a gas agreement that provides a clear framework for P’nyang’s future development. The signing of the gas agreement marks a major milestone for the project, setting out the fiscal framework an...

Photo: Simberi Mine St Barbara Limited notes the COVID-19 pandemic infection rates across the Tabar Island group have increased significantly, impacting the local communities and our workforce. While gold production at Simberi Operations continues, ramp-up of mining operations is not achieving target rates and uncertainty remains as to when full workfo...

Photo: Pacific Towing’s recent ISO certifications – ISO:9001 (Quality), ISO:45001 (OH&S), and ISO:14001 (Environment) – reflect its marine services market leadership in not just PNG but broader Melanesia.  Pictured is a PacTow tug and linesboat assisting the berthing of US naval vessel ‘USS Charleston’ for refuelling purposes. Marine Services compa...

Prime Minister Hon. James Marape, MP has announced that his Cabinet has cleared the P’nyang Gas Agreement, which now awaits signing between the State and ExxonMobil who is the lead project developer of the Petroleum Retention License (PRL) 3. The Prime Minister said: "When I took office in mid-2019, I committed to the nation better results from resourc...

Santos recently announced its full-year results for 2021, reporting record free cash flow of US$1.5 billion and underlying profit of US$946 million. The results reflect significantly higher oil and LNG prices compared to the corresponding period due to the recovery in global energy demand combined with supply constraints across the industry due to lower c...

Photo credit: K92 Mining Inc K92 Mining Inc is pleased to announce results from the first two surface holes at Kora South and Judd South and from the property-wide airborne geophysics program at the Kainantu gold mine in Papua New Guinea. This is the first time that drilling at Kora South and Judd South had been undertaken from surface by either K92 or...

Photo credit: Geopacific Resources - Mining lease exploration target areas Chief Executive Officer, Tim Richards, said: “The drilling campaign continues to deliver exceptional results. Grade control drilling supports our view that there is considerable upside potential within the existing pit shells, whilst first results from resource extension drillin...

Photo credit: Tech Pacific - PNG Treasurer Ling-Stuckey Concludes Negotiations with Testra CEO , Andy Penn  According to Treasurer Ian Ling-Stuckey, modernizing Papua New Guinea's telecommunications industry can assist the country's economy to evolve. Ling-Stuckey stated in discussions with Telstra chief executive officer Andy Penn in Melbourne earl...

Photo: Bank of Papua New Guinea According to a top official, the volume of foreign exchange in Papua New Guinea increased over a six-month period last year. Benny Popoitai, the acting governor of the Bank of Papua New Guinea, said this was mainly owing to the World Bank's budget assistance loan, liquefied natural gas (LNG) tax collections, and donor...

Photo credit: David Shields According to an official, the reopening of the Porgera mine would allow the Enga Women in Agriculture Association (Ewaa) to produce honey and vegetables. Margaret Potane, the president of Ewaa, said the organization's goal was to get women in the province involved in honey production. “Following the signing of the agre...