Ok Tedi Mining Limited has marked the graduation of 36 participants from its training and development programs in Papua New Guinea. The group included people in the Graduate Development Scheme and Preferred Area Development program, alongside others completing competency-based training. Ok Tedi said the ceremony marked another stage in building a skilled workforce in PNG. The company has presented the schemes as part of a wider effort to create local technical capacity around its mining operations. Ok Tedi frames the programs as a way to make its contribution to PNG extend beyond mineral extraction and into the training of people for wider economic roles. The announcement does not name the graduates or give a breakdown by program or job placement. For Ok Tedi and PNG, the concrete outcome is a cohort of 36 people with additional workplace and technical training.