Looking back over the history of resources development in Papua New Guinea, the need for patience and persistence is clear.
Editorial: Patience and persistence yields results in major resources projects
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Newmont CEO affirms Wafi-Golpu ‘will be developed’
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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.
Kumul Minerals head: Wafi-Golpu contract to be completed by mid-2024
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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.
Economic update: Papua New Guinea’s decade of growth begins
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As part of extensive in-country research for the newly-released 2024 edition of the Business Advantage PNG annual magazine, our editorial team spoke exclusively to dozens of Papua New Guinea business leaders to understand how they are preparing for imminent growth – and what challenges they face. Here’s what they told us.
Resources boom to usher in ‘the most exciting ten years’ for Papua New Guinea: Prime Minister Marape
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James Marape, PNG’s Prime Minister, speaks exclusively about PNG’s next decade of economic growth, which he describes as potentially the most exciting in the nation’s history.
Newmont to list in Papua New Guinea as Newcrest acquisition is finalised
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Newmont Corporation’s acquisition of Newcrest Mining, which owns the Lihir gold mine in Papua New Guinea, and is one of the partners in the Wafi-Golpu copper-gold joint venture, is set to be completed in coming days. Business Advantage PNG considers what will happen next.
In brief: PNG Power’s tariffs rise for the first time in a decade and other stories
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Energy regulator announces an increase in power prices to support the rehabilitation of PNG Power, Nambawan Super threatens to lock out its government tenants and Wafi-Golpu negotations continue. Your business news in a nutshell.
Mega miner: Newcrest Mining finally agrees to tie the knot with Newmont
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There’s every likelihood that a takeover of Newcrest Mining by Newmont Corporation will be completed by the end of this year. But how will this affect Newcrest’s Papua New Guinea-based assets – the Lihir gold mine and the Wafi-Golpu project?
Latest agreement puts Wafi-Golpu copper/gold project back on track
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A landmark memorandum of understanding between the PNG government and the Wafi-Golpu Joint Venture participants, Newcrest Mining and Harmony Gold, marks the key step towards the granting of a special mining lease for the Wafi-Golpu copper-gold mine, the application for which was first lodged back in August 2016.
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