People moves: new Treasurer, new director to PNGSDP and Bank of PNG board

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O’Neill appoints Pruaitch as Treasurer, Somare appointed to PNGSDP and three new directors of Bank of PNG.

People moves: Airlines PNG and Cloudy Bay Sustainable Forestry

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Airlines PNG appoints a new Chief Commercial Officer in a restructure, while there is a leadership change at Cloudy Bay Sustainable Forestry.

Cloudy Bay wins full Forestry Stewardship Council certification

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Cloudy Bay Sustainable Forestry Ltd has achieved another milestone in its drive for sustainable development with the certification by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) for responsible forestry management.

PNGSDP prepares for life without Ok Tedi

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Papua New Guinea Sustainable Development Program Ltd appears to be resigned to losing its main asset, the Ok Tedi mine, to the PNG Government. What are the implications if the takeover goes ahead?

Papua New Guinea Sustainable Development Program at turning point: Sir Mekere’s speech

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Papua New Guinea Sustainable Development Program Limited has been under heavy political pressure to relinquish is majority ownership of PNG’s largest mine, Ok Tedi. In this speech, delivered at the announcement of the company’s 2012 annual report this week, PNGSDP Chairman Sir Mekere Morauta appears to concede the loss of Ok Tedi, arguing for a sale on fair terms, and ponders both the future of PNG’s largest mine, and his own organisation.

Papua New Guinea Sustainable Development Program fights back with ‘the facts’ on Ok Tedi

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The ownership structure of the Ok Tedi mine ‘had stood the test of time’ and there was ‘no good reason to change it,’ according to Chairman of Papua New Guinea Sustainable Development Program Limited (PNGSDP), Sir Mekere Morauta.

Mystery remains over possible new ownership structure for Ok Tedi mine

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While Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister Peter O’Neill says the ‘marriage’ between the two owners of the Ok Tedi copper mine in Papua New Guinea’s Western Province is over, the method of divorce remains a mystery for the time being.

Province in Focus: Western Province

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The sky is the limit as Papua New Guinea’s remotest province sets off on a remarkable course of sustainable development. Also unofficially referred to as Fly River Province, PNG’s largest province by area is also one of its least developed. Vast, remote and with a population density of less than two people per square kilometre […]