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Twinza Chair: Pasca A deal sets up ‘strategic alliance’ with MRDC

18 Jun 2024 by Leave a Comment
Last month, Twinza and Mineral Resources Development Corporation signed agreements which will see MRDC acquire a major stake in Pasca A, Papua New Guinea’s first offshore gas project. Twinza Executive Chairman Stephen Quantrill tells Business Advantage PNG the deal also paves the way for further cooperation.
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Newmont CEO affirms Wafi-Golpu ‘will be developed’

18 Jun 2024 by Leave a Comment
Newmont Corporation's Tom Palmer tells Business Advantage PNG that Papua New Guinea fits well within company’s strategy, but cautions that the prospective Wafi-Golpu copper-gold project will need to compete for capital with other projects in portfolio.
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Enga landslide: what business needs to know

4 Jun 2024 by Leave a Comment
The Porgera gold mine is operating without restrictions, following the tragic Papua New Guinea landslide which hit nearby. Meanwhile, New Porgera Limited and other PNG businesses are contributing to relief efforts, reports Nadav Shemer Shlezinger.
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Kumul Minerals head: Wafi-Golpu contract to be completed by mid-2024

4 Jun 2024 by Leave a Comment
Sarimu Kanu, Managing Director of state-owned miner Kumul Minerals Holdings, gives an update on the progress of the Wafi-Golpu mine project to Business Advantage PNG, and outlines the company's strategy to consolidate some of Papua New Guinea's smaller mining projects.
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ExxonMobil PNG’s Tera Shandro on the next decade of LNG in Papua New Guinea

7 May 2024 by 2 Comments
A decade on from the opening of PNG LNG, Papua New Guinea's first gas project, ExxonMobil PNG's Chairperson and Managing Director Tera Shandro reflects on the progress so far and the potential of forthcoming projects such as the K5 billion Angore project and the Wildebeest prospect.
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Papua New Guinea’s proposed National Gold Corporation Bill opposed by industry

24 Apr 2024 by 7 Comments
PNG CORE has come out with serious objections to the government’s proposed National Gold Corporation Bill. We take a closer look at the legislation and what it could mean for the country's second most valuable export.
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Large-scale fabrication plant to underpin industrial park outside Papua New Guinea’s capital

14 Feb 2024 by Leave a Comment
Work has begun on Kumul Petroleum Holdings Ltd’s US$100 million steel fabrication plant just north-west of Port Moresby. In an exclusive interview, Kumul Petroleum MD Wapu Sonk outlines how the facility will boost PNG manufacturing, and anchor a new Special Economic Zone in the Caution Bay area.
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