Photo: Judah Waffi (Head of Special Projects – Nasfund) & Saliya Ranasinghe (CEFI Executive Director) The National Superannuation Fund (Nasfund) Limited signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Centre for Excellence in Financial Inclusion (CEFI) on March 31, 2022.  This MoU is a 12-month partnership between Nasfund and CEFI that enabl...

Through the rural electrification on grid initiative, more over 56,000 people in Rigo, particularly in Hula communities in the Central Province, now have access to power. The project was successfully completed thanks to the New Zealand Government and PNG Power Limited. The overall cost of this project, according to Rigo MP Lekwa Gure, is $9 million ...

According to the British High Commission in PNG, Papua New Guinea's specialty coffee has consistently received top cupping scores for its unique and distinctive single-origin Arabica coffee. The coffee was pushed by the UK's trade partnerships programme (UKTP), which was provided through the International Trade Centre, Banz Kofi, and the PNG Coffee Ind...

With a one-on-one meeting and bilateral discussions with President Widodo, James Marape ended his Official State Visit to Jakarta, the capital of the Republic of Indonesia. PM Marape has extended President Widodo an invitation to visit PNG later this year on behalf of the PNG government. He stated that the two nations' ties must now shift away from ...

Photo: Major Richard Elizah from the PNG Defence Force (left) receives Commissioner General’s Certificate of Excellence from Ambassador Joshua Kalinoe, who officiated at the PNG Expo2020 Pavilion Closing Dinner on behalf of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Hon. Soroi Eoe. Major Elizah is seconded from the PNGDF as Logistics Manage...

Since 2003, the Japanese government has provided K19.2 million to encourage rice production in East Sepik and Madang, according to Nobuyuki Watanabe, the Japanese Ambassador to Papua New Guinea. “K11.2million was funded in the first phase of the promotion of smallholder rice production project from December 2003 to November 2008,” he said. “Another ...

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 credit: K92 Mining  K92 Mining Inc. is pleased to announce results from its financial statements for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2021. Safety Strong focus on safety with zero lost time incidents (“ LTI ”) in the fourth quarter. Since the start of operations, Kainantu has had one of the best safety records in the Austra...

Photo: Figure 1: Feni Island – showing Kabang drilling area – other prospects also shown Adyton Resources Corporation is pleased to report that petrology work carried out on the highly successful diamond drill hole ADK004 (see TSXV Release 01 December 2021) supports the existence of two styles of mineralization – a shallower epithermal style overprinti...

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...

Papua New Guinea’s second country validation on implementing the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Global Standard commences on Friday, April, 1st, 2022.  Head of the PNGEITI National Secretariat Mr. Lucas Alkan says the “validation” is intended to assess the impact EITI implementation has made in the country in terms of addressing s...

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 ...

Photo: Downtown Port Moresby Lands and Physical Planning John Rosso was praised by Hon. James Marape. In Parliament, Rosso applauded the approval of the Strata Title Management Bill 2022, as well as associated legislation and amendments (March 23 2022). Because of a rising population and a lack of land, the bill permits people to acquire units and f...