PNG's golden dilemma

WHEN the pandemic shrank Papua New Guinea's economy, the country looked to what one top official branded the "devil" for answers, writes Elizabeth Beattie, who is a contributing writer for Nikkei Asia.

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Barrick Niugini's Porgera gold mine

In April last year, the PNG government reversed its long-running efforts to stop Canadian conglomerate Barrick Gold and Chinese partner Zijin Mining from running the Porgera gold mine in the