The Guadalcanal Plains Palm Oil Limited plans to expand its current land lease Eastwards within the Guadalcanal Plains. SIBC’s North Guadalcanal stringer Dudley Gani reports, the company currently holds leases to six thousand hectares, and wants to expand thirteen thousand hectares towards…
The National Government should invest more in economic empowerment of youths, instead of police rearmament, says the President of the Solomon Islands National Council of Women.
Eight potential investors who have expressed interest in building and operating the Tina River Hydro Project took part in a major project briefing in Honiara, last week. The companies participating in the event were from Australia, New Zealand, Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Spain and Sri Lanka.
A training course on mining will soon be rolled out across the Isabel and Choiseul Provinces. The What is Mining – Train the Trainer Course, launched last week, was developed by the Isabel Mothers Union and The Nature Conservancy Solomon Islands, with technical support from The University of…
Central Islands Provincial Premier Stanley Manetiva has expressed disappointment in the investors of the Geothermal Power Project at Savo, saying they have left out the Provincial Government as a stakeholder.
Solomon Islands will soon enjoy cheaper Internet connection by 2016. Chair of the National Provident Fund Board, Baoro Laxton Koraua made the statement during a Public Accounts Committee hearing this week.
The Guadalcanal Plains Palm Oil Company has contributed more than $600 million towards the country’s economy for the last five years. GPPOL General Manager Roger Benzie revealed this when regional Finance and Economic Ministers recently visited the palm oil company in North Guadalcanal.
The Prime Minister has told a regional summit that his government will restrict new logging licenses. Pacific Islands News Association reports Prime Minister Lilo made the statement during the second Oceania Leaders’ Summit in New Caledonia last week.
Minister for Mines, Energy and Rural Electrification, Moses Garu, says existing laws and mechanisms must be adjusted to accommodate increasing investor interests in the country’s mining sector.
Transparency Solomon Islands has called on the Asia Pacific Investment and Development company to have a proper resettlement plan for resource owners in West Rennell, before mining the area for bauxite.
Gold Ridge Mining Limited, GRML, and the Solomon Islands Government have agreed for GRML personnel to return to the Solomon Islands following the lifting of a government immigration ban, to enable a site assessment and a range of agreed site works to be undertaken.
The Japanese mining company, Sumitomo Metal Mining Co, Ltd, SMM, has donated 700- Thousand to the Solomon Islands Government, SIG, Disaster Relief effort.
Pressure group the Malaita Ma’asina Forum has described the Central Bank’s reply on the investment of 31 gold bars in Hong Kong as “holding no water”. Local media reports the Central Bank has invested 31 pieces of gold bars in Hong Kong to be closure to buyers. In defence of its decision to keep the
