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12/31/00 -- Foreign Firms Lose Forestry Board Rep - Now Maintain Moratorium

12/29/01 -- Court rules in favour of Porgera people

12/29/00 -- Porgera mine appeal thrown out of court

12/28/00 -- Villagers stage sit-in protest over road

12/28/00 -- 2000 Mining, petroleum, gas industry - one of challenges and triumphs

12/27/01 -- Governors to explore gas power option

12/27/00 -- PORGERA Gold Mine expects to report higher gold production this year

12/27/00 -- New laws to protect PNG’s environment

12/27/00 -- Mining, oil revenues fell in Q3

12/22/00 -- Mosaic strikes oil in testing

12/22/00 -- Low prices may force early end to Porgera

12/22/00 -- Fruitflies threaten bananas in ENB

12/22/00 -- Porgera output to rise 200,000 ounces in 2000

12/22/00 -- Kaiabe moves to spice up electorate economy

12/22/00 -- Porgera output to rise 200,000 ounces in 2000

12/22/00 -- Mosaic strikes oil in testing

12/22/00 -- Low prices may force early end to Porgera

12/21/00 -- Simbu farming projects to promote self-reliance

12/21/00 -- Roads to benefit from OCA’s 10-year plan

12/21/00 -- Misima will shut down properly: Placer Pacific

12/21/00 -- Cannery awaits environmental plan approval

12/20/00 -- PNG gets $US30m loan from Australia

12/20/00 -- New minister for petroleum

12/19/00 -- 'Abandoned mine may still yield gold'

12/18/00 -- Oil-area MP calls for refinery

12/18/00 -- Misima plans an orderly closure

12/15/00 -- Sea slug ban lifted

12/15/00 -- Govt, media briefed on Misima’s mine closure

12/14/00 -- 'Cyanide on seabed not a risk'

12/13/00 -- Landowner firms aim to revive Sogeri rubber

12/13/00 -- Govt in talks on future of Ok Tedi, says Laimo

12/13/00 -- Amend forestry laws

12/12/00 -- Timber workers want seat on Forestry Board

12/12/00 -- Team to review forestry projects

12/12/00 -- Ramu approval biggest achievement: Laimo

12/12/00 -- Forestry review experts have started work: Igara

12/12/00 -- Dept working on mine closure policy

12/12/00 -- Court convicts a butterfly thief

12/11/00 -- Koiaris to impose poaching law

12/08/00 -- Ramu denial of Russian partnership

12/07/00 -- Pipeline not a pipedream

12/07/00 -- Ok Tedi to begin talks on closure plan

12/06/00 -- Salt project plans go to authorities

12/06/00 -- Pom pipeline plan put on hold

12/05/00 -- Botanical Research Institute of Texas and Papua New Guinea'sNational Forest Service Form Research Collaboration

12/05/00 -- PNG out of gas cash

12/05/00 -- PM seeks Aussie aid for pipeline project

12/05/00 -- Budget to lure mining investment, says PM

12/04/00 -- Help sought to address rising seas

12/01/00 -- WNB farmers make first rice harvests

12/01/00 -- Tomscoll defends Moran landowner recognition

12/01/00 -- New Ireland sets up pearl farm

12/01/00 -- Environmental laws outdated— Minister

11/30/00 -- Ok Tedi: Interest shown in BHP role

11/29/00 -- 1,000 Flee as Sea Begins to Swallow Up Pacific Islands

11/29/00 -- PM: Land the big barrier

11/29/00 -- Lihir gets new deal on debts

11/29/00 -- Fisheries authority funding scrapped

11/29/00 -- Changes to speed up gas, mining projects

11/28/00 -- NGOs want reform in forestry industry

11/27/00 -- Ok Tedi task force 'review continues'

11/27/00 -- Independent assessor for Ok Tedi mine

11/26/00 -- Papua New Guinea NGOs Call for Forest Industry Reform

11/22/00 -- Rare tree kangaroo goes missing

11/20/00 -- Porgera posts record output

11/20/00 -- PM signs Ramu nickel project accord

11/18/00 -- Papua New Guinea Loggers Cost the Country - Time to Shut Them Down

11/18/00 -- German interest drawn into Ok Tedi enviro talks

11/18/00 -- Another quake rocks Papua New Guinea

11/16/00 -- Water shortage hits Popondetta town

11/16/00 -- Kutubu landowners remain at loggerheads

11/15/00 -- Two oil interests join forces

11/14/00 -- Wewak tuna plant building to start soon

11/14/00 -- Govt studying Ramu deal, signing delayed

11/13/00 -- Report upsets PNG foresters

11/13/00 -- Political calm vital for gas

11/13/00 -- Lapeigu landowners welcome National Forest Authority

11/11/00 -- FIA disappointed over tax review proposals

11/11/00 -- European smelter will help PNG with Ok Tedi issue

11/10/00 -- PM: Tax regime bad for oil, gas

11/10/00 -- OTML client to pressure BHP

11/10/00 -- 'BHP cannot dump Ok Tedi'

11/09/00 -- Higher prices but lower exports for copper, oil

11/09/00 -- Free up customary land to generate wealth, says PM

11/08/00 -- Mine told to pay compo for cyanide spill

11/08/00 -- Eco-friendly code for mining industry set

11/08/00 -- Cyanide spill report is out

11/07/00 -- Enviro guide for mines launched

11/03/00 -- Carbon trade investment to fetch billions

11/02/00 -- Ramu deal needs ‘up to 12 months’

11/02/00 -- Push for more information

11/02/00 -- Moran shut-in costs Oil Search Ltd dearly

11/01/00 -- Oil Search production drops by 4 per cent in Q3

11/01/00 -- Blackout hits Porgera mine as power pylons are felled

11/01/00 -- A foreign view of PNG issues

10/31/00 -- Tuna earnings set to double

10/31/00 -- NGOs launch global warming signature drive

10/30/00 -- Tax changes for oil sector

10/30/00 -- Squeezing biggest crop from oil palm

10/28/00 -- CI clean-up promo starts in Alotau

10/27/00 -- Moran project stalled by politics, land disputes

10/26/00 -- Tekwie wants offender arrested

10/24/00 -- Porgera records 4-yr high output

10/23/00 -- PNG gas powered national grid part of Aussie plans

10/19/00 -- Sawmill workshop better equips participants

10/19/00 -- OTML to pay for environment damage

10/19/00 -- Aitape-Vanimo road link soon

10/18/00 -- Tailings 'threaten fish stocks in Fly River'

10/18/00 -- 'Dredging at Lower Ok Tedi is State's best option'

10/16/00 -- Forestry boss takes issue with Greenies

10/13/00 -- Forum queries NFA over bid to amend Forestry Act

10/13/00 -- Disappointment all round for Ramu mine partners

10/12/00 -- Land Act to be revised: Pundari

10/12/00 -- Fish cannery hits a snag

10/12/00 -- D-Scan to get a helping hand from Government

10/11/00 -- Landowners propose township for nickel project

10/11/00 -- Forum Members challenge proposed Forestry Act amendments

10/09/00 -- PNG rich in energy resources, says Chinese envoy

10/06/00 -- Forest firm builds road

10/05/00 -- Transfer pricing issue seen in logging again: Expert

10/05/00 -- More government revenue means losses for logging firms

10/05/00 -- Madang prepares for Ramu signing

10/05/00 -- Barramundi farming project proposed in Madang

10/03/00 -- Call to defer Ramu agreement signing

10/02/00 -- Talks to start on benefits for Middle Fly

09/30/00 -- Barramundi net cast

09/29/00 -- Forest policies failing: Expert

09/29/00 -- K2.5 million flour mill in Kandep to start ops

09/28/00 -- Project approvals being fast-tracked, says PM

09/28/00 -- Orogen warning on dividends

09/28/00 -- New mill to boost oil palm industry in WNB

09/28/00 -- Minister denies secret meetings with Chevron

09/28/00 -- Large diesel oil spill in PNG

09/28/00 -- Fuel spillage reports denied

09/28/00 -- 'More specialist environmental reporters needed'

09/27/00 -- OTML plan covers all scenarios

09/26/00 -- Support for sago market

09/26/00 -- OTML 'working with Government on closure plan'

09/27/00 -- OTML plan covers all scenarios

09/26/00 -- Support for sago market

09/26/00 -- OTML 'working with Government on closure plan'

09/26/00 -- NGOs to get direct funds from AusAID

09/20/00 -- Production resumes at Moran field

09/20/00 -- MP: Mine wastes caused deaths

09/20/00 -- Landowners plan class action against Porgera mine

09/20/00 -- Fines for environ damage

09/20/00 -- EHP clans venture into sheep farming

09/20/00 -- Aid donors neglecting local professionals, says Sir Rabbie

09/19/00 -- OTML 'grew up' with PNG, says Higgins

09/19/00 -- Dr Wari: Resource laws are too rigid

09/18/00 -- Human rights critical to development, says UN rep

09/17/00 -- Aust reaffirms support for PNG Gas project

09/14/00 -- Current regulatory systems lacking: Iamo

09/12/00 -- PNG keen on processing gas locally

09/12/00 -- Aust minister to visit mines

09/11/00 -- Pok: ‘Special’ tax status for PNG gas plan

09/10/00 -- Philemon calls for rethink on bech-de-mer moratorium

09/08/00 -- Rio Tinto denies rights abuses

09/08/00 -- Moran oil field remains shut in

09/08/00 -- Goroka to host third biennial foresters' meet

09/07/00 -- Oil Search set for bumper full year

09/07/00 -- New Ireland to get new fishing wharf complex

09/07/00 -- Majority back sago plan, says Evara

09/07/00 -- Coastal cleanup on again

09/07/00 -- A journal for orchid lovers

09/06/00 -- Islanders Sue London-Based Mine Company

09/06/00 -- Data transfer pace quicker

09/04/00 -- Nation's output gets resources booster

09/04/00 -- Investment worth K20m, jobs at risk

09/03/00 -- PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Mine company expected devastation

09/02/00 -- Keep Papua New Guinea's Current Forest Revenue System in Place

09/02/00 -- Keep the Current Forest Revenue System in Place

09/01/00 -- PNG gas win on pollution

08/31/00 -- Greenies back Sir Michael

08/30/00 -- More coastal clean-up area plan

08/30/00 -- Chief: BHP will pay up

08/30/00 -- BHP must pay for Ok Tedi damage, says Somare

08/30/00 -- 'Safeguard' on WB loan

08/28/00 -- Telikom denies log link

08/28/00 -- Oil refinery's target closer

08/28/00 -- Fishing plant for islanders

08/25/00 -- Fibre-Optic Cable May Be Funded Through Papua New Guinea Timber Sales

08/25/00 -- Govt urged: Get serious about mining

08/25/00 -- Fibre-Optic Cable May Be Funded Through Papua New Guinea Timber Sale

08/24/00 -- Turn up and get the ideas on forest policy

08/24/00 -- Govt urged to ensure mining benefits are sustained afterprojects end

08/24/00 -- Exploration decline raises concern

08/24/00 -- BHP must pay dues: Somare

08/23/00 -- Pok: Gas deal is done

08/23/00 -- Govt committed to gas project: Pok

08/23/00 -- Asian Region Needs Shared Vision for PNG Forests

08/22/00 -- Loggers dispute levy use

08/12/00 -- Greenpeace Supports Call for Donor Backing of Logging Moratorium

08/11/00 -- Zeming assures coffee industry over reforms

08/11/00 -- Greenpeace supports call for donor backed ban

08/11/00 -- PNG gets K132m loan

08/11/00 -- Landowners to sue Misima Mines

08/11/00 -- BHP urged to use record profits to fix Ok Tedi

08/11/00 -- New fishing deal signed

08/10/00 -- Chinese Log Imports from Papua New Guinea Surge

08/10/00 -- Population is outstripping food - MP

08/09/00 -- 'Farm growth potential underpins Government's policy'

08/09/00 -- Madang to invest K29 million in tuna fishing fleet stake

08/09/00 -- Mamose talk fish

08/07/00 -- Conservation reforms need to be understood: Iamo

08/07/00 -- Forestry Authority failed to deliver services

08/05/00 -- Keep logging moratorium: landowners

08/04/00 -- Papua New Guinea Landowners Say Keep Moratorium on New Logging

08/04/00 -- Logging makes people dependent - not lazy

08/04/00 -- Solomon wins environment award

08/04/00 -- K2 million approved for afforestation

08/04/00 -- Local capacity important, conference told

08/04/00 -- Forest policy conference ends with workshops

08/04/00 -- World Bank proposes K58.3 million forestry plan

08/04/00 -- Delays, competition threaten gas project

08/03/00 -- Gains on par with logging

08/03/00 -- Donors 'ignored' in policy

08/03/00 -- FIA opposes bid to tax downstream processing

08/03/00 -- FIA warns tax on products not good

08/03/00 -- Forest policy conference ends with workshops

08/03/00 -- Forest Board approves K2 million for reforestation

08/03/00 -- Some eco-forestry projects are failures, says Iamo

08/02/00 -- Talks still going on Ramu nickel project

08/02/00 -- Ogio lashes at NRI for bias on forestry

08/02/00 -- Focus: Community forestry conservation

08/01/00 -- Forestry boss guilty on contempt charge

08/01/00 -- Use profits to build tailings dam, OTML told

08/01/00 -- WWF releases report on better policy and strategy for PNG forests

07/31/00 -- Minister visits veneer factory

07/27/00 -- Nauru first to express interest in Vanimo FTZ

07/27/00 -- Logging makes people lazy

07/26/00 -- PM: Manage PNG's forests sustainably

07/26/00 -- Lae's rainforest habitat adds major attraction

07/21/00 -- BHP seeks Ok Tedi pull-out in 5 yrs - PNG

07/20/00 -- Ramu project overcomes ‘final hurdle

07/20/00 -- BHP wants to shut Ok Tedi - Somare

07/19/00 -- Promote small guest houses - operator

07/19/00 -- Thumbs-up for Ramu mining

07/18/00 -- BHP meets Govt

07/18/00 -- Porgera downgrades gold mine reserves

07/18/00 -- Gold mine's 'life' cut — partners

07/14/00 -- Ok Tedi on profitable track now: Chairman

07/14/00 -- Ok Tedi raises social concerns

07/14/00 -- OTML is vulnerable

07/13/00 -- Forestry financial records sloppy - audit

07/12/00 -- Eco-Forestry NGO's Welcome Reform in the Forestry Industry

07/12/00 -- Differences mar Ok Tedi signing

07/11/00 -- Logger told: Stay out

07/11/00 -- Landowners in Manus demand timber royalties

07/06/00 -- Forest needs planning

07/06/00 -- Govts, developer sign Wewak tuna fish deal

07/06/00 -- PAI landowners in the dark

07/06/00 -- Punish foreign co’s who bribe: Siaguru

07/06/00 -- Tuna plant raises environment concerns

07/06/00 -- World Bank loan terms are traps, says Narokobi

07/03/00 -- Partners praise Ramu approval

07/02/00 -- Major Logging Tax Racket Deprives PNG of Revenue

06/30/00 -- Govt gives OK for Ramu mine

06/29/00 -- Cyanide spill at Lihir safe

06/29/00 -- US$800 million 'tax funds mortgaged for US$90 million loan'

06/28/00 -- Draft terms for OTML review with cabinet

06/28/00 -- Oil palm production on the rise in PNG

06/28/00 -- Papua plans big projects

06/27/00 -- Cabinet approves K25 million loan for mining sector

06/21/00 -- Business set to boom in Bogia district

06/21/00 -- Synopsis of PNG Forestry Decisions

06/21/00 -- Waigani vows to devote more to development

06/18/00 -- Major Plywood and Beef Projects for Sandaun Province

06/16/00 -- Pollution fears recede as freighter salvage operation continues

06/15/00 -- Sumkar women oppose loggers

06/15/00 -- World Bank okays K219.5m loan

06/15/00 -- Tekwie tough on Expat Jobs at Timber Site

06/15/00 -- Forest Industry Losing Vitality

06/15/00 -- PM Welcomes K220 Million World Bank Loan

06/15/00 -- K739m Loan Nod a Relief for PNG

06/14/00 -- Landowners Issue Logging Threat

06/12/00 -- Massive Task to Unstuck Log Ship

06/08/00 -- Stable tax regime for resource sector - PM

06/08/00 -- Aussie firm says New Guinea copper mine a dilemma

06/07/00 -- Leaders hail tuna plan

06/07/00 -- One tax system for resource projects

06/07/00 -- PNG must strike a balance - PM

06/07/00 -- Major Resource Projects to Boost Economy

06/07/00 -- Salvage Work Begins on Chinese Ship

06/06/00 -- Tuna factory 'will be ready for work in one year'

06/02/00 -- Draft closure plan ready for Ok Tedi mine

06/02/00 -- Water safe to drink at cyanide spill location

05/28/00 -- BHP sees early closure plan at Ok Tedi

05/26/00 -- No good news for rich Ramu project

05/26/00 -- More on Victory: Cabinet Nod for Timber Recommendations

05/26/00 -- Papua New Guinea: From Australia with Cyanide

05/24/00 -- VICTORY: Papua New Guinea Cabinet Orders Overhaul of Logging Industry

05/24/00 -- Gas agreement a major boost for project - Pok

05/24/00 -- Oil Search, Orogen welcomes Queensland's energy plan

05/24/00 -- Ok Tedi wants new litigation fast tracked

05/24/00 -- PNG takes part in global forest meet

05/23/00 -- Chinese log ship in danger of sinking

05/23/00 -- World Bank loan okayed

05/12/00 -- Mining, energy secure loan

05/10/00 -- OTML welcomes task force on mine's future

05/10/00 -- Porgera mining firm applies for new permit

05/08/00 -- Australian Mining Giant to Close Ok Tedi Mine

05/08/00 -- PNG soon to have laws on parks

05/08/00 -- Australian Mining Giant to Close Ok Tedi Mine

05/05/00 -- Cabinet Approves Ok Tedi Review

05/05/00 -- Timber Operator Blames Government for Delay in Dues

05/05/00 -- Panguna Economics Discourage Resumption of Mining Activities

05/01/00 -- Gas Deal Boosts Pipeline Project

05/01/00 -- Ramu Mine Deal Awaiting Cabinet Nod

05/01/00 -- Australian MP Embarrassed Over Ok Tedi Environmental Damage

05/01/00 -- The Papua New Guinea Eco-Forestry Forum: Current Policy Initiatives

05/01/00 -- PNG-Queensland Gas Pipeline Moves Along with Supply Accord

05/01/00 -- Eco-forestry the Way to Go

05/01/00 -- Supply Pact on Coral Sea Gas Pipeline

04/29/00 -- Papua New Guinea Logging Moratorium Gains Support, But Faltering

04/27/00 -- Minister's Plan to Nationalise Mining Industry

04/27/00 -- AusAID Donates New Equipment to Timber School

04/26/00 -- MPs on Fact-Finding Tour of Ok Tedi

04/26/00 -- Enactment of Laws to Protect Resource Owners Urged

04/25/00 -- People Said to be "Ignorant" Regarding Conservation

04/25/00 -- Big Benefits from Keeping Ok Tedi Open

04/20/00 -- New Mine Closure Policy

04/20/00 -- Ok Tedi Said to Have Future in PNG

04/20/00 -- $1 Million Needed to Open Bougainville Copper Mine

04/20/00 -- K1.6 Billion Needed to Open Bougainville Mine

04/20/00 -- Eco-forestry, The Alternative to Logging

04/18/00 -- Oil Begins Flowing from Moran 4 Well

04/18/00 -- Call to Halt Illegal Harvest of Beche-de-mer

04/17/00 -- Need for National Water Conservation Policy

04/17/00 -- No Cyanide Threat, but Clean Up Incomplete

04/14/00 -- Past Governments Said to Have Underfunded Environment Department

04/14/00 -- BHP Has No Plans to Pull out of OTML Stake

04/12/00 -- BHP Sued Again by Landowners

04/12/00 -- PNG Villagers Issue Writ

04/12/00 -- WWF, Greenpeace back forestry reforms

04/11/00 -- Ok Tedi Pullout Will Take 'Several Years'

04/10/00 -- Gulf Sago Project Gets K200,000 Boost

04/02/00 -- Moratorium on Forest License "A Sigh of Relief"

03/31/00 -- IMF Loans K310m Says PM

03/31/00 -- PNG Water Ban Remains Despite Cyanide Clean-up

03/29/00 -- Greenpeace, Dome Clash Over Clean-up

03/29/00 -- Greenpeace Accused of Hampering Testing

03/2900 -- Dome says PNG cyanide clean-up completed

03/29/00 -- Greenpeace Mulls Lawsuit Against Aussie Mining Companies

03/28/00 -- Disasters raise questions about Australian

03/28/00 -- PNG water ban remains despite cyanide cleanup

03/28/00 -- Most Poison Cleared after PNG Spill, Says Company

03/28/00 -- Porgera to Run Out of High Grade Ore in Eight Years

03/27/00 -- Cyanide Spill a Shame for Govt

03/27/00 -- Cyanide spill a shame for Govt

03/27/00-- Govt stand on Ok Tedi mine fate next week

03/27/00 -- Disasters Raise Questions about Australian Miners

03/27/00 -- Govt Stand on Ok Tedi Mine Fate Next Week

03/24/00 -- Cyanide Spilled in Papua New Guinea

03/24/00 -- Most Poison Cleared after PNG Spill

03/24/00 -- Disasters raise questions about Australian miners

03/24/00 -- Mining Company Admits Some Cyanide Contamination: PNG Accident

03/23/00 -- Australian Mining Company Claims to Have Averted PNG Cyanide Disaster

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