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PNG CR Services teams up with Australian firm to bring dome shelters to Papua New Guinea

PNG Business News ·

A local project services company is partnering with a leading Australian manufacturer to introduce innovative dome shelter solutions across Papua New Guinea. PNG CR Services Company announced its strategic collaboration with Container Domes...

FDDA partners with SMEC to deliver green energy & industrial park vision

Papua New Guinea Post Courier · September 13, 2025

The Finschhafen District Development Authority (FDDA) is pleased to announce that SMEC International, in collaboration with Surbana Jurong, has formally submitted its proposal to undertake a High-Level Technical Assessment for the establishment of...

Global gold giants: the top 7 regions driving world gold production

Business Insider Africa · September 12, 2025

Global production continues to be concentrated in a handful of key regions, each with major contributors shaping the global supply chain. According to 2024 production data from the World Gold Council, Africa leads with over 1,000 tonnes, largely...

FDDA chairman announces timber downstream processing initiative to be powered by Cheap Renewable Energy

Papua New Guinea Post Courier · September 13, 2025

The Finschhafen District Development Authority (FDDA) is proud to announce a major initiative to establish world-class timber downstream processing facilities in the Finschhafen Integrated Special Economic Zone (FISEZ). This initiative will...

Papua New Guinea’s 50 years of economic achievement

Business Advantage PNG · September 12, 2025

Prince Charles, now King Charles III, opens the first Parliament of Papua New Guinea. Credit: File Over the past 50 years, Papua New Guinea has proved a land of opportunity for many in business. While it’s frequently observed that successful...

Steamships MD reflects on Papua New Guinea at 50 [video]

Business Advantage PNG · September 12, 2025

From a single vessel to a diversified conglomerate, Steamships Trading Company has operated in the Pacific since 1918 with rapid expansion into logistics, agriculture, hospitality, and beyond. In this video, Steamships Managing Director Chris...

A timeline of Papua New Guinea’s economic journey

Business Advantage PNG · September 12, 2025

Independence in 1975 saw the introduction of PNG’s own currency, the kina. In PNG’s early years, the Panguna copper mine was critical to fund the country, as was the ‘hard kina’ policy – which pegged the kina to a basket of its main trading...

Firm boosts engineering training

The National ·

THE National Polytechnic Institute of Papua New Guinea (NPIPNG) has entered into a strategic and forward-looking partnership with PNG Ready Mixed Concrete Limited, a member of the Pisca Group of Companies, to provide civil engineering students...

New Grants For Community Justice In Papua New Guinea

The National Tribune · September 10, 2025

Five community organisations in Papua New Guinea (PNG) today received new support to tackle pressing justice issues through grants awarded under the Community Justice Fund (CJF), a flagship program of the Australia-PNG Law and Justice Partnership....

PNG Moves to Revive Coffee Plantations with Major Funding Boost

Papua New Guinea Today ·

Papua New Guinea has taken a major step to breathe life back into its once-thriving coffee industry, with the Coffee Industry Corporation (CIC) committing K500,000 in seed capital to Wahgi Mek Plantations Ltd in Banz, Jiwaka. The funding is part...

Historic Wahgi Mek Plantation in PNG Set for Major Comeback

One Papua New Guinea · September 13, 2025

Papua New Guinea has launched an ambitious plan to bring its coffee plantations back to life, beginning with a K500,000 boost to Wahgi Mek Plantations Ltd in Jiwaka. The Coffee Industry Corporation says the funding marks the start of a wider...

Air Niugini takes delivery of its first A-220 aircraft

AvioNews · September 12, 2025

Air Niugini, the national carrier of Papua New Guinea, has taken delivery of its first A-220/300 aircraft, on lease from Azorra. The airline becomes the 25th global operator of this model, which is now flying with carriers on five continents. The...

Papua New Guinea Deploying 13 Million Polio Vaccines

Precision Vaccinations ·

(Vax-Before-Travel News)The National Department of Health (NDoH), in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners, has confirmed the first human case of paralytic poliomyelitis (cVDPV2) in Papua New Guinea in 2025. The case...

Why are Canada, US, Japan, Finland and UK Rushing into Balochistan?

Pakistan Observer · September 12, 2025

Reko Diq, among the world’s largest undeveloped copper-gold projects, is set to begin commercial production by late 2028, with the initial phase targeting an annual ore processing capacity of 45 million tonnes. Reko Diq Mining Company (RDMC) is...

Looking at bio fuelas an alternative energy source

The National ·

Bio-fuel energy research, development project The project is an initiative of the Pacific Adventist University (PAU) School of Science and Technology to encourage and support the recycling of used cooking oil. The research began in 2013 led by Dr...

PNG Expo 2026 to strengthen industry connections

Mining Magazine · September 10, 2025

Held over two dynamic days on 1–2 July at The Stanley Hotel and Suites, PNG Expo 2026 will once again bring together industry leaders, innovators, and decision-makers from across Papua New Guinea and Australia’s mining and resources sectors....

Revealed: The £300m Australian tycoon cashing in on controversial Epping asylum hotel while making millions from taxpayer-funded Home Office contracts

Daily Mail · September 12, 2025

The controversial asylum hotel in Epping is boosting the fortune of an Australian tycoon worth £300million – who was previously responsible for the farcical Bibby Stockholm migrant barge. Jamie Pherous's firm is making tens of millions of pounds...

Swire Shipping Donates Chairs to Madang TB Clinic, Supports Patients and Staff

Papua New Guinea Post Courier · September 10, 2025

Madang’s health services have received a timely boost, with Swire Shipping donating chairs to the Provincial Hospital’s tuberculosis (TB) clinic to make waiting for treatment more comfortable for patients. The donation comes at a critical time, as...

Charted: Global Gold Production by Region

Visual Capitalist · September 10, 2025

See this visualization first on the Voronoi app. Use This Visualization Visualizing Gold Production by Region This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts...

Investment in bio-fuel research ‘will address’ energy issue

The National ·

INVESTMENT in research for Papua New Guinea’s bio-fuel potential will address energy issue in the country, says Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology Minister Kenoka Feo. Feo said that the country had always been exporting raw...