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19 May 2013
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Frieda transparency missing from Xstrata agenda


WHEN Wantok not long ago suggested the Frieda copper-gold feasibility study lacked transparency with aspects that did not add up, reaction was muted.
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Stagnation PNG


Falling gold dents PNG budget


Will ExxonMobil be InterOil’s dealmaker?


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OIL AND GAS 
Indonesian interest, says source


INDONESIAN LNG powerhouse Pertamina is rumoured to have made a bid for InterOil’s Elk-Antelope discoveries in Papua New Guinea.
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Investors catch on to Oil Search


No delays from CEO loss: InterOil


The new brooms


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MINING 
Letters of praise for Juffa


ORO governor Gary Juffa’s opinion piece for PNGIndustryNews.net was praised by a reader from Lihir Island and a medical doctor who wants laws to protect the interests of Papua New Guineans in the mining industry.
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Fifth body recovered at Grasberg


The future of the mining industry


Tolukuma stand-off prevails


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MARKET WATCH 
Life left in PNG stocks


DESPITE some terrible commodities news with gold plunging further, several stocks have made strong gains this week including InterOil, Gold Anomaly, Foyson Resources and Frontier Resources.
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Frieda transparency missing from Xstrata agenda


Indonesian interest, says source


Letters of praise for Juffa


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REGIONAL WATCH 
Fifth body recovered at Grasberg


PT Freeport Indonesia says a fifth body has been recovered from the collapsed tunnel at the Grasberg mine, with 23 workers still unaccounted for.
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The new brooms


Tunnel collapses at Grasberg


Budget blues


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ECONOMY 
Is PNG’s mining boom coming to an end?


PNG’S golden era for mineral exploration and development may be coming to an end in the face of gold’s steepest price decline in three decades and a build-up in global copper stocks. By Wantok
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PNG LNG 
Oil Search to continue drilling spree


OIL Search is working to mature possible drilling prospects in Papua New Guinea’s southern highlands by late this year, while an appraisal well for the P’nyang field may be on the cards along with another offshore well in the Gulf of Papua.
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PNG LNG airfield complete


O’Neill defends PNG LNG benefits


Govt figures campaign against PNG LNG


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Life left in PNG stocks


DESPITE some terrible commodities news with gold plunging further, several stocks have made strong gains this week including InterOil, Gold Anomaly, Foyson Resources and Frontier Resources.
Full Story...


Frieda transparency missing from Xstrata agenda


WHEN Wantok not long ago suggested the Frieda copper-gold feasibility study lacked transparency with aspects that did not add up, reaction was muted.
Full Story...


Indonesian interest, says source


INDONESIAN LNG powerhouse Pertamina is rumoured to have made a bid for InterOil’s Elk-Antelope discoveries in Papua New Guinea.
Full Story...

Letters of praise for Juffa


ORO governor Gary Juffa’s opinion piece for PNGIndustryNews.net was praised by a reader from Lihir Island and a medical doctor who wants laws to protect the interests of Papua New Guineans in the mining industry.
Full Story...


Investors catch on to Oil Search


OIL Search shares are up 4% by 12.30pm (AEST), surpassing the significant $8 level, as the encouraging news from its Taza-1 ST2 well in Iraqi Kurdistan overcomes the setback at its Flinders-1 well in offshore Papua New Guinea.
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No delays from CEO loss: InterOil


INTEROIL says it is in “final” discussions with bidders for its Elk-Antelope field in Papua New Guinea’s Gulf province. Meanwhile, Oil Search is investigating possible extensions to InterOil’s Triceratops field in the region.
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Fifth body recovered at Grasberg


PT Freeport Indonesia says a fifth body has been recovered from the collapsed tunnel at the Grasberg mine, with 23 workers still unaccounted for.
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The new brooms


WELCOME to the Andrew and Tim show. If you’re working in the petroleum business and don’t know what that means, then Slugcatcher* will try and explain how the two boys running BHP Billiton Petroleum may shake the company, and the wider oil and gas industry.
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The future of the mining industry


PAPUA New Guinea, the land of the unexpected, is a place of intrigue for many from the west and none more so than Australia. In fact, Australia presumptuously likes to imagine itself the foremost authority on PNG, its people, its culture and its problems. By Oro governor Gary Juffa
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Tolukuma stand-off prevails


PAPUA New Guinea’s Tolukuma gold mine in Central province has reportedly been shut down for 11 days.
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Tunnel collapses at Grasberg


THE collapse of an underground tunnel at Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold’s huge Grasberg operation in Indonesia has killed four and trapped about 27 others, with 10 miners reportedly rescued so far.
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Ramu business spinoffs


THE Chinese operator of the Ramu nickel laterite mine in Papua New Guinea has reportedly spun off 14 mine-related businesses to landowner companies under a recent memorandum of agreement.
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Budget axe misses PNG


DESPITE some foreign aid tinkering ahead of an election, the Australian government has increased its annual budget funding to Papua New Guinea and Pacific nations by 2.2% to $947.72 million for the looming financial year.
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Budget blues


WHILE much mainstream ink will focus on the cuts to services and programs in the federal budget, it is tax changes to exploration costs and thin capitalisation rules that have captivated the oil and gas sector.
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High-profile prison bust


PRIME Minister Peter O’Neill’s recently declared war on crime is off to a bad start, with notorious bank robber William Kapris escaping from his Bomana Prison maximum security cell yesterday with two accomplices.
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Tough year ahead for capital raisings


GLOBAL data suggests the mining industry is in for a bleak year when it comes to raising funds, according to a leading research group.
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