The city, in Papua New Guinea’s Western Highlands Province, is set to embark on a mining project to extract three trillion cubic metres of liquified natural gas (LNG).
Discussions between Orange City Council and Western Highlands dignitaries, including governor Tom Olga, during a visit to the central west this week have opened up the possibility of using Orange tradespeople, particularly those contracted at Cadia Valley Operations, to assist in the multi-billion-kina project.
“The project will be in operation for 20 to 30 years,” Orange City Council enterprise services director Stephen Sykes said.
“It’s a significant capital development and will require ongoing maintenance.
“It would be a place to have business opportunities in Mount Hagen.”
Mr Sykes said the work carried out at Mount Hagen would be similar to development and maintenance work at Newcrest and other mines in NSW.
Mr Olga said the LNG project was a great move for Mount Hagen, with benefits stretching all the way to its sister city.
“This is a good opportunity in the highlands,” he said.
“It’s also a great opportunity to invest in mining up there.
“There are a lot of things the Orange industry could produce up there.”
The discussion came after Mr Olga was criticised for not encouraging development and business opportunities in Mount Hagen to attract investment from international companies.
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