Madang-Ramu Highway

Nickel/cobalt mine developer, Ramu NiCo Management (MCC) last weekend issued the precaution as its workers began work on building concrete foundations to its slurry pipeline which runs adjacent to the main Madang-Ramu Highway 42 kilometres out of Madang town.

The work currently being carried out by the mine contractors called MCC 19 is amongst other maintenance work Ramu NiCo (MCC) has been doing as part of its community assistance work to servicing the vital road link which serves Madang to Lae and the Highlands region of good and services.

Iguruwe community spokesman， Samuel Masawa said the first truck that was carrying tinned fish destined for Mt Hagen skidded off the road as it was ascending the hill and turned over  blocking the road.

Masawa said vehicles and PMV buses transporting buai buyers have had to wait for hours。Stranded passengers after the long wait eventually decided to break open the containers to help themselves to the tinned fish。

“Most of the buai buyers who helped themselves to the loot were from Western Highlands,” Masawa said。