Gekko wins top export award

Gekko wins top export award

MINING processing consultancy Gekko Systems has been named winner of the Australian Export Awards in

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29 NOV 2016
New pregnancy care guidelines from WHO

New pregnancy care guidelines from WHO

THE World Health Organisation has issued a new series of recommendations to improve quality of antenatal

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29 NOV 2016
PNG, Canada lay into Facebook

PNG, Canada lay into Facebook

PRIME Minister Peter O’Neill says Facebook has become a tool of disruption in some societies, and questioned

North America

23 NOV 2016

More room for gold to slide

A STRONGER US dollar means that there is still room for gold to slide down from its current level of

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18 NOV 2016
Trumped up infrastructure pushes metals

Trumped up infrastructure pushes metals

THE Trump factor has set the diversified miners into a spin in the belief that infrastructure spending

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11 NOV 2016
Satellite firm extends services

Satellite firm extends services

SATELLITE communications firm SpeedCast has entered into a service agreement to provide field engineering

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26 OCT 2016

Gold, oil, base metals up

GOLD futures rose to $US1269.90 an ounce yesterday and the oil price also climbed 2.5% before the third

PNG

21 OCT 2016
WHO report highlights TB statistics

WHO report highlights TB statistics

STATISTICS from the World Health Organisation’s Global Tuberculosis Report for 2016 suggest that the

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19 OCT 2016
PNG in top 10 dive destinations

PNG in top 10 dive destinations

PAPUA New Guinea is currently ranked number seven in the world when it comes to global diving destinations.

PNG

07 OCT 2016
Nickel up, then down, on Philippines suspensions

Nickel up, then down, on Philippines suspensions

THE biggest mining news of the week was the suspension of nickel mines by the Philippines government,

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30 SEP 2016

Base metals on the rise

ZINC was the big mover on the London Metal Exchange this week, rising by 2.3% to $US2288 per tonne.

PNG

23 SEP 2016
Vanuatu is a winner on Happy Planet Index

Vanuatu is a winner on Happy Planet Index

WHEN it comes to the World Economic Forum’s Happy Planet Index (HPI), the island nation of Vanuatu is

Oceania

21 SEP 2016
Somare denies bribe claim

Somare denies bribe claim

FORMER Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare has denied claims made in Singapore State Court

PNG

05 SEP 2016
Minerals Baby needs 680kg more …

Minerals Baby needs 680kg more …

THE Minerals Education Coalition of the US Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration has published

North America

26 AUG 2016

Soft time for base metals

IT was another slow week for metal prices, with nickel dropping back below $US10,000/t.

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26 AUG 2016
Patience needed for Nido development

Patience needed for Nido development

NIDO Petroleum managing director Dr Michael Fisher told PNG Industry News the company’s debts were an

PNG

24 AUG 2016