Papua New Guinea moves to launch new coal mining industry

Mongabay
May 16, 2017, 12:51 pm106 pts
The Papua New Guinea (PNG) government is actively pursuing the potential of developing a coal mining industry for the first time in the country’s history. Two years ago, it channeled 10 million kina (US$3million) to its Mineral Resources Authority for research into the viability of coal extraction. Now, an…

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