PNG Biomass is Oil Search’s renewable energy and sustainable tree farming business. Subject to a final investment decision, PNG Biomass will be Oil Search’s first targeted investment into the energy transition. Establishing a renewable energy and sustainable development project in the Markham Valley in Morobe Province is a strategic and sustainable di...

Despite a challenging year amid the global Covid-19 pandemic, the Kina Bank Group has recorded strong economic growth for the 12 months to December 31, 2020. This was the message from Greg Pawson, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Kina Bank. “We have delivered planned business growth across all of our existing businesses this year, de...

‘It is a big year for Atlas Steel PNG, a local company, who is introducing Modular Houses – a new product to the PNG market during the second quarter of 2021. Business Development Manager Aliraza Agai said: ‘Modular Houses are a new addition to our Building Division which is already the largest supplier of steel buildings across PNG for the residential...

Ark Pacific has cleverly engineered its flat pack buildings to guarantee a minimum freight footprint for its clients.  Unlike competing products, six of Ark’s high quality flack pack units are equivalent to a single standard 20 foot shipping container when stacked together ready for transport.  Not only are freight costs drastically reduced (by up to 75 p...

For the fiscal year 2020, Steamships Trading Company posted a profit of K78.9 million. This represents a 57.7% increase from the company's financial year 2019 figures. Consort's better efficiency, along with small contributions from the other logistics companies, helped to offset a loss in Coral Sea Hotels and a weaker outcome for Pacific Palms Prop...

The role of the procurement team in PNG will evolve and change in 2021.  These changes will come off the back of some unforeseen issues which may not of been as pertinent prior to the pandemic. Due to regulatory penalties, unprecedented disruption caused by COVID, an increase in raw materials, high demand in shipping and an increase to freight prices d...

Caption: From Top Left: Issac Kwetok, OTML’s new Deputy General Manager for Processing, Hillary Turnamur, now Manager Process Operations, Beverly Pasen (Manager Finance), David Laulau (Manager Mine Technical Services), Dexter Wagambie (Manager Kiunga Operations), and Rueben Lapin who is now Manager of Business Continuity. As part of its vision to grow ...

Oil Search continues to place constructive environmental conservation at the forefront of its activities. To that end, it maintains an efficient environmental protection scheme that complies with the ISO 14001 global standard's specifications. The Company is dedicated to preserving and reducing environmental impact in the communities. Oil Search's o...

PNG Ports Corporation has reported a profit of K83 million for the full year of 2019. This permitted Kumul Consolidated Holdings (KCH) to receive a full-year dividend payment of K21 million, which was finalized yesterday with the presentation of K11.4 million to KCH as a second payment following the first part of K9.6 million paid in November. Chair...

The National Superannuation Fund Limited (Nasfund) is delighted to release its full-year 2020 findings. The audited results for the year ended December 31, 2020, as reviewed by the Board at its meeting, included a Net Profit of K222.9 million and a Net Asset Value of K5.57 billion. Following these findings, the Nasfund Board of Directors approved a ...

After reporting a Core Operating Profit of K25.66 million for the 2020 financial year, Credit Corporation PNG has posted a net profit of K22 million. Credit Corporation CEO Peter Aitsi released the 2020 results, saying it represents the complexities of the COVID-19 pandemic during the year, as well as the group's determination to actively support PNG's...

Kina Bank has pledged support for the second consecutive year to the FODE education program administered by the Kokoda Track Foundation at the Motu Koita FODE centre in Port Moresby. The bank is funding the FODE program and providing mentoring by bank staff to students enrolled at the centre. The one-on-one mentoring program offers students the opport...

  The Kina Asset Management Ltd (KAML) made a net profit of K3.32 million for the year ended December 31, 2020, thanks to a 6.2 per cent investment return. The achievement was made amid the Covid-19 pandemic and continuing geopolitical conflicts, according to KAML chairman Sir Rabbie Namaliu. Sir Rabbie praised KAML's investment strategy's divers...

Nearly 5 years LTI free and with a record of continuously improving and fine tuning its safety systems, Pacific Towing (PacTow) recently passed its International Safety Management (ISM) Code audit.  The voluntary audit was conducted in accord with the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), the United Nations agency specialising in maritime and shippin...

Did you know that employee ‘money worries’ associated with poor financial wellbeing can negatively impact business profitability?  Financial literacy training is a relatively easy and cost-effective solution to improving employee financial wellbeing and thus mitigating the negative effects of ‘financially stressed’ staff.  Helping your employees access re...

Bank South Pacific (BSP) Group expects its financial results to be no less than last year’s.This was according to BSP chief executive officer Robin Fleming, who said that the year started off well for the bank. Ending December 31, 2020, the bank made a net profit of K806.2 million, a 9.5 per cent decrease compared to K890 million in 2019. The decrease was...