According to the company, Santos Ltd may pursue listing on the PNG National Stock Exchange (PNGX). Santos Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Kavin Gallagher said the business was exploring it as the merger with Oil Search developed. “Momentum continues to build for the compelling opportunity to create a company with the size and the skill...

Photo credit: Oil Search According to ExxonMobil PNG Ltd, the PNG LNG project has earned K11 billion in revenue for the government thus far. This was announced by managing director Peter Larden at the recent PNG Mining and Petroleum conference. “Up to October this year, PNG LNG has generated K11 billion in revenue to the State and landowners, whi...

Prime Minister James Marape has been told that Papua New Guinea has "the potential to become a large supplier of green products for the globe," with 19 gigawatts of electricity already estimated from the Purari, Kikori, and Strickland hydro potentials, as well as the West New Britain geothermal projects. Julie Suttleworth, the CEO of green energy produ...

These recently graduated ‘Officers of the Watch’ represent 10 of the 26 young PNG women having their careers fast tracked by Pacific Towing and the Women in Maritime program. Ten young PNG women graduated as ‘Officers of the Watch’ last week.  The women, who were all cadets at Pacific Towing (PacTow), represented the first intake of scholarship awardee...

Photo credit: Share GK - Flickr The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has welcomed the publication of the Kumul Consolidated Holdings Authorisation (Amendment) Act 2021 in Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) National Gazette, a key step in efforts to reform governance, increase transparency, and improve the performance of the country’s state-owned enterprises (SOEs). ...

Senator Zed Seselja, Australia's minister for international development and the Pacific, said the Australian government will continue to engage with Papua New Guinea to reopen borders and normalize commerce and trade. Seselja addressed the 2021 PNG Mining and Petroleum Conference and Exhibition yesterday that the government has received about AU$340 mi...

The mining and petroleum industries' continued drop in exploratory activity is a source of concern for the industry. Exploration activity has been declining and falling since 2019, with no obvious signs of recovery, although the sector remains confident that this will soon reverse. In his opening remarks at the 2021 Mining and Petroleum Conference y...

Over the next few years, OK Tedi Mining Limited expects to witness a gradual growth in dividends of up to K1 billion each year. Musje Werror, managing director and chief executive officer, spoke at the PNG Mining and Petroleum Conference and Exhibition in 2021. Mr Werror stated that OTML's 2021 Strategic Business Plan affirmed a US$475 million incre...

The Oil and Gas (P'nyang LNG Project) (Amendment) Bill 2021 was just enacted by Parliament. The development partners in the P'nyang LNG Project will now be able to submit for an application and a petroleum development license as a result of this adjustment. When introducing the bill in Parliament, Minister for Petroleum KerengaKua stated that the pu...

According to country manager Hulala Tokome, Puma Energy PNG Ltd's Napa Napa refinery is in danger of closing by the end of this month. Tokome explained that the planned customs levy on imported refined gasoline products would be the cause of this. The proposed adjustments include a 5-toea tax cut for refined diesel and petrol, which the government c...

Papua New Guinea, according to James Marape, has never been an "uncertain area to invest." In Port Moresby, he said this while speaking digitally at the 2021 PNG Mining and Petroleum Conference & Exhibition in Brisbane. “We are an oil, gas and mining nation,” the Prime Minister said. “This is evident in the fact that quite a substantial part ...

According to James Marape, the 2022 Budget puts a greater emphasis on the health sector than ever before. He mentioned this during the opening of the K500 million, 300-bed Central Provincial Hospital for Central and Papua New Guineans in Bautama, Central. Roads, housing, power, and other infrastructure in the new Central City at Bautama, which is ad...

Photo credit: PM James Marape News Page - National Planning and Monitoring Minister Hon. Rainbo Paita in traditional dress during Budget debate. The K22 billion 2022 Budget, which was passed without opposition by Parliament recently, has been dubbed a "milestone budget" by James Marape. “This is a milestone budget because it is the first budget-prop...

Photo credit: Adyton Resources Adyton Resources Corporation has reported significant copper assays at its 100% owned Feni Island Project (Feni) in Papua New Guinea following the completion of the company’s maiden drilling program of five diamond holes (1,982m) in September. The initial objectives of the program were to expand the gold resource as we...

Weir Minerals has upgraded its range of Trio® TC live-shaft cone crushers. The Trio® TC84XR features all the robust design elements that have made live-shaft crushers a fixture of the mining and sand and aggregate industries for generations, while also incorporating the latest technology to ensure it remains integral to flowsheets long into the future. ...

Photo credit: PM James Marape News Page - Treasurer Ling-Stuckey tabling the 2022 Budget Prime Minister Hon. James Marape has welcomed the tabling of the record K22.175 billion 2022 Budget by Treasurer Ian Ling-Stuckey in Parliament. He said it would help Papua New Guinea on the path to economic recovery as well as support successful delivery of the...

Photo credit: PM Marape News Page - Works Minister Hon. Michael Nali introducing the Bill in Parliament. PRIME Minister Hon. James Marape has today welcomed the passage of the Connect PNG (Funding and Implementation Arrangements) Bill 2021. The Bill, passed with a vote of 78-5 by a largely unanimous House, will see to the actioning of the Marape Gov...

Photo credit: PNGX The chairman of the PNG Stock Exchange (PNGX), David Lawrence, stated that total transaction figures on the PNGX decreased last year. The 12 listed firms had a combined market capitalization of K91.89 billion. PNG Air Ltd, he added, was still suspended for failing to present audited financial statements. Niuminco, a mining e...

Photo credit: The Christensen Fund - Markham Valley Agriculture development in the Markham and Ramu valleys of Papua New Guinea's Morobe Province, according to the International Finance Corporation, might result in significant economic advantages. The International Finance Corporation (IFC), which is part of the World Bank Group, has teamed together...

The government intended to implement downstream processing, according to Forestry Minister Walter Schnaubelt, with an emphasis on boosting forestry and plantation. Schnaubelt recently stated in West New Britain that as part of the government's plan to reclaim the forestry sector, investors would only be awarded 50% of export licences. “The new permi...

Prime Minister James Marape stated that the State Negotiating Team is now working on a gas agreement for P'nyang. Following the State Negotiating Team's recent travel to Houston, Texas, Ivijitari Member Richard Masere asked Marape to offer an update on the Papua and P'nyang gas projects. Masere inquired whether the Prime Minister could offer an upda...

Photo credit: Ok Tedi Mining - Manager Mine Maintenance, Mek Kelly. Ok Tedi Mining Limited (OTML) is proud to announce the recent appointment of a national to lead the Mine Maintenance Department within its Mining Business Unit. Mek Kelly was appointed Manager Mine Maintenance effective as of November 19th 2021. Mr Kelly started with OTML 18 year...

Photo credit: PNG World Expo 2020 -  Papua New Guinea Expo Deputy Commissioner General Mrs. Jacinta Warakai Manua receiving the award from Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce and Secretary General of the Federation of UAE His Excellency Humaid Ben Salem and witnessed by CEO of the IBMC Financial Professional Group Mr. Sajith Kumar on the rig...

Photo credit: PNG PM Media - Papua New Guinea's State Enterprises Minister, Sasindran Muthuvel (left), Prime Minister James Marape (centre) and the chairman of Fortescue Metals Group of Australia, Andrew Forrest, sign an agreement, Port Moresby, 1st September 2020. PRIME Minister Hon. James Marape has once more defended the signing of the agreements wi...