Mining teams face-off in emergency response challenge

THE Papua New Guinea Extractive Industries Emergency Response challenge (EIERC) is being staged in Port Moresby.
The biennial event, hosted by the Chamber of Mines and Petroleum, saw nine teams participating, testing their emergency skills.
The teams participating include Ok Tedi Mining, Porgera Joint Venture, Harmony Gold, Simberi, Oil Search, Ramu NiCo, Newcrest Lihir and K92 Mining and Papua New Guinea liquefied natural cas, who will be taking part for the first time.
The EIERC is the only event run by the industry in PNG that demonstrates to the broader community and Government the industry’s commitment to safe and secure work environments, while also providing a platform for benchmarking against industry standards.
The challenge, which started in 2011, aims to improve the capabilities of the resource industry’s emergency response personnel to respond efficiently and effectively in emergency situations.
“An integral part of developing and maintaining competent emergency response resources is to compete with other projects so that teams can be exposed to new methods and equipment, thus ,improve skills across the industry and addresses knowledge gaps,” the chamber said.