The resource sector’s preferred prefabricated modular building supplier, Ark Pacific, commenced 2022 with numerous buildings for multiple clients in its design, engineer, supply and construction pipeline.  The New Year also saw Ark’s production capacity increase by 100 percent, with its main factory now capable of producing 1,000 building modules per mont...

Photo: Built in Singapore, Pacific Towing’s newest ASD tug ‘Koranga’ (60 tonne bollard pull; 4,436 braking horsepower) will be dedicated to harbour towage in Lae.  The company also provides numerous services to PNG’s oil and gas sector. Pacific Towing (PacTow) has expanded its fleet with the purchase of a dedicated harbour tug ‘Koranga’ from Singapore....

Photo: Top left - Ani Topurua, top right - Carolyne Manahave, bottom left - Chantel Christensen and bottom right - Lyndah Brown Ok Tedi Mining Limited (OTML) has announced the appointment of four females to various management roles within the Company as part of its Vision 2025 to increase the number of females in leadership roles. These includes Ani...

Photo: Range of Isodry® thickeners (from conventional to paste) gives you the ability to create products with 30-70% solids percentage by weight. Weir Minerals’ range of industry-leading equipment seamlessly works together to provide comprehensive tailings solutions for the mining and aggregate industries. For decades, Weir Minerals have been provid...

It was another quarter of significant developments and milestone achievements across Mayur’s portfolio.  A major highlight was the granting of the Mining Lease for the Orokolo Bay iron and industrial sands project. As with the ML for the CCL project this was achieved in record time despite the impacts of COVID. This was followed by the signing of a mag...

Photo credit: REUTERS / David Gray Santos Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Kevin Gallagher said Santos delivered record annual production and sales revenue in 2021, as strong base business performance positioned the company to benefit from higher commodity prices. Free cash flow of around US$1.5 billion for the year was also a record an...

Photo: Inside the discharge end of a ball mill being fitted with spiral lifters and rubber grates. Vulco® R67 mill liners last significantly longer and deliver a measurable reduction in mill downtime, installation and maintenance costs. Vulco® rubber is renowned throughout the mining industry for its exceptional wear life and reliability in mill lining...

Photo credit: Savi Moni Access to affordable credit is highly valued but not readily available in Papua New Guinea.  In an extremely competitive employment marketplace, businesses are increasingly assisting employees to access credit as a means to both attract and retain their top talent.  Even in the current economic downturn, there is still a ‘war...

Photo credit: Geopacific Resources The Board of Geopacific Resources Limited is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Andrew Bantock as Chairman and director of Geopacific, and the retirement of Mr. Ian Clyne as Chairman and director of the Company. Mr. Bantock has significant experience leading listed and private businesses, both in Australia ...

Photo credit: Ok Tedi Mining - Part of the Tabubil/Telefomin road currently under construction is one of the TCS funded projects. Ok Tedi Mining Limited (OTML) has commended the National Government for the increase in the Tax Credit Scheme (TCS) ceiling from 0.75% to 2% as announced in the 2022 National Budget. The change, along with strengthening p...

The Accumin™ lubrication system has proven itself an efficient way of preventing expensive bearing assembly failures, reducing maintenance downtime and promoting safety by decreasing the amount of manual interface to keep equipment performing. Accumin™ lubricators automatically deliver even, measured lubricant to the vital points of your Warman® pump. ...

Left to right: Mr Kedi Ilimbit who will now be Deputy CEO and General Manager Communities and Operations Support, Mr Harold Duigu is now General Manager Corporate Affairs, Mr David Laulau who has taken up the Deputy General Manager Mining position, Mr Lawrence Na’awi, OTML’s first technical manager from the Western Province. Mr Na’awi is being appointed M...

Ok Tedi Mining Limited Chair Dr. Roger Higgins Ok Tedi Mining Limited (OTML) recently announced the appointment of three new directors by its majority shareholder the Kumul Minerals Ok Tedi Ltd (KMOTL) which owns 67% of the Company. Joining the OTML Board are Ms Nellie James who serves as Chair of Kumul Minerals Holdings Limited (the parent company ...

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...

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. ...

Papua New Guinea is known for its beautiful surroundings, rich wildlife, and cultures and communities as diverse as the more than 800 native languages spoken in the country. But despite abundant natural resources and recent economic development, nearly 40 percent of the country’s 8.5 million people still have no access to human beings’ most fundamental ne...