Melanesian marine services company, Pacific Towing (PacTow), has conducted In Water Surveys (IWS) in Papua New Guinea for more than 10 years. Certified by multiple international survey companies for the supply of IWS of ships and mobile offshore units in the oil and gas sector, PacTow has recently introduced a ‘live video feed’ component to their IWS serv...

Photo: OTML Deputy CEO & General Manager Community & Operations Support, Kedi Ilimbit pays his respects to the fallen during the Dawn Service at the Tabubil Country Club on Monday, 25th April Ok Tedi Mining Limited (OTML) observed ANZAC Day with a Dawn Service hosted in Tabubil. A number of employees, contractors, local dignitaries and membe...

Photo credit: BSP According to BSP Group CEO Robin Fleming, the pre additional company tax Q1-2022 financial results were driven by improving economic conditions and income growth, when compared to Q1-2021. “Growth in BSP’s offshore branches and PNG Bank were the main drivers for the overall uplift in underlying Group NPAT,” according BSP Group CEO ...

Every year, hundreds of Papua New Guinean’s will require life-saving heart procedures as lifestyle related disease and coronary heart disease is among the top ten common cause of admission at the Port Moresby General Hospital. Today, Papua New Guinea’s largest referral hospital, Port Moresby General Hospital (PMGH) officially opens a fully equipped 30 ...

Electrification solutions from Epiroc support mining customers in their transformation towards using Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV). To further strengthen this approach the company has agreed to form a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with BluVein, a joint venture between Australian mining innovator Olitek and Swedish electric highways developer Evias. ...

Photo: Left: Mr. Julian Baragu, BBM - General Manager for Rumbia Coffee Exports Limited, 2nd Left: Honorable Peter Numu, LLB, BA, MP - The Governor for Eastern Highlands Province Middle: Mr. John Lewins - Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for K92 Mining Inc. 2nd Right: Mr. John Gimiseve - Provincial Administrator for Eastern Highlands Provincial Government Ri...

Christopher Taylor Hnanguie (LM) a globally acclaimed Macroeconomist has been involved in the transformations, reforms and development of economies in more than 30 countries around the world. Until recently when he returned to PNG, he was a Macroeconomist of the Asian Development Bank leading policy and structural reforms and development in Eastern Europe...

Holiday Inn & Suites and Holiday Inn Express continues their partnership and support to Moresby Arts Theatre (MAT). Both parties signed a Memorandum of Understanding this morning at Holiday Inn’s Cassowary Park. The commitment was sealed with a sponsorship value in kind of K57,675 handed over to MAT’s President, Bob Stanley from IHG PNG’s Area General...

Photo: Peter Laigaard Jensen, Senior Vice President & Group General Manager - Coral Sea Hotels & Hospitality Radisson Hotels Coming to Papua New Guinea - Grand Papua Hotel Joins Radisson Individuals Coral Sea Hotels has announced an exciting new partnership with Radisson Hotel Group for Grand Papua Hotel to become a member of Radisson Indivi...

Photo: Weir Minerals Engineer configuring the Synertrex® IntelliWear™ panel Intelligent equipment monitoring provides pipeline operators with increased control over performance and maintenance schedules, reducing operating costs and unplanned downtime. Weir Minerals, global market leader in premium technology and mining solutions, is launching Syner...

Launched in 2015, the Certificate IV Leadership & Management Course has positively strengthened and impacted the professional carrier of 299 Papua New Guinean women who are employed across different industries. The course has grown from strength to strength. This year, the course will be delivered online in partnership with Tafe Queensland, a move ...

Photo: Weir Minerals Synertrex® Monitoring Centre in the UK Weir Minerals has announced a new partnership with XMPro, a leading digital twin platform. The partnership will enable intelligent equipment and services and support miners to achieve higher performance while also reducing the environmental footprint of their operations.  The XMPro platform...

Santos recently released its 2022 Climate Change Report which sets out our climate transition strategy and action plan to become a net-zero emissions[1] energy and fuels business by 2040. The Climate Change Report features the following milestones for Santos’ journey to becoming Net Zero: New 2030 targets of a 30 per cent reduction in absolute em...

Photo Credit: Epiroc Epiroc, a leading productivity partner for the mining and infrastructure industries, introduces the DM30 XC blasthole drill that is suitable for a variety of multi-pass rotary and down-the-hole (DTH) drilling applications. Built off the same proven, reliable platform as the Epiroc DM30 II, the new DM30 XC offers 33% more power and ...

Synertrex® Monitoring Centre in South Africa Weir Minerals, a leading supplier of equipment and services to the mining industry, and AVEVA, a global leader in industrial software, driving digital transformation and sustainability, have signed a digital business framework for strategic cooperation. The objectives of the agreement include: Digit...

Photo: Everett Chue (on right) at Pacific Industries Head office Port Moresby Since its birth in 1936 as Gabriel Achun Bottling Co. Pacific Industries Ltd has emerged as a catalyst for social interaction through the manufacturing of food and beverages mainly by producing fast-moving consumer goods and distributing leading international brands. Their pr...