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The $100bn gold mine and the West Papuans who say they are ...

The delta of West Papua's Aikwa river, on Kamoro tribe land. Papuans claim tailing sediment from the mine has suffocated the fish and shrimp on …

INDONESIA | Freeport-McMoRan

Through its subsidiary, PT-FI, FCX mines one of the world's largest copper and gold deposits in the Grasberg minerals district in Papua, Indonesia. In addition to copper and gold, PT-FI produces silver. FCX has a 48.76 percent interest in PT-FI and manages its mining operations. PT-FI's results are consolidated in FCX's financial statements.

Grasberg mine - Wikipedia

The Grasberg mine has one of the largest reserves of gold and copper in the world. It is located in Mimika Regency, Papua, Indonesia near Puncak Jaya, the highest mountain in the country.It has 19,500 employees. It is operated by PT Freeport Indonesia (PT-FI), which used to be 90.64% owned by Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), including 9.36% owned through its wholly owned …

Attacks near Freeport's Grasberg mine, West Papua ...

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RCT continues to support PT Freeport ... - im-mining.com

Freeport runs copper, gold and silver mines across five separate underground and surface operations in the highlands area of West Papua in Indonesia. For over 30 years Freeport has enlisted the services of RCT to achieve its goals of making mining operations safer for workers and to optimise operations.

History of Freeport in West Papua: How the Company Has ...

About four-kilometer west of Puncak Jaya or Carstensz Pyramid lies a huge mining and exploration complex internationally known as the Grasberg mine. Owned by PT Freeport Indonesia with shares distributed between both the Government of Indonesia and Feeport-McMoRan Inc. (Freeport), the operation has impacted West Papua significantly.. Now, let's …

Freeport at the forefront embracing innovative technology ...

Freeport runs copper, gold and silver mines across five separate underground and surface operations in the highlands area of West Papua in Indonesia. For over 30 years Freeport has enlisted the services of smart technology specialist RCT to achieve its goals of deploying market-leading technology solutions to make mining operations safer for workers and to optimise …

Freeport's Grasberg/Ertsberg Mine in West Papua, Indonesia

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc. (Freeport ) has been investing in the exploration and exploitation of copper, gold and silver in the Grasberg/Ertsberg mine in West Papua, Indonesia since 1967. While Freeport's investment had been both fairly profitable and

Grasberg mine - Wikipedia

Environment - Free West Papua

West Papua is one of the last great wildernesses on earth. It is covered in virgin rainforest, second only in size to that of the Amazon, and is home to many unique species of flora and fauna such as rare orchids, birds of paradise and tree kangaroos. But just like the people of West Papua, this beautiful paradise is under attack. The Freeport Mine

History of Freeport in West Papua: How the Company Has ...

Mining a Sacred Land - Freeport in West Papua

The Amungme and Kamoro are the original indigenous landowners of the areas of Papua that are now occupied by Freeport's massive copper and gold mining operations. At the time of Freeport's arrival in 1967, the two communities numbered several thousand people.

De Freeport goudmijn | West-Papua

Vote mining giant Freeport as worst company in Public Eye's worst company award. SUMMARY. Precious metals in exchange for death and exploitation: The Arizona-based mining corporation has operated the Grasberg Mine, the world's largest gold and copper mine in West Papua, for 45 years without regard for nature and people.

Freeport Mine in West Papua secretly producing uranium ...

Freeport Mine in West Papua secretly producing uranium. Shocking news has been received about Freeport-Indonesia, namely that this company which operates one of the largest copper mines in the world has for the past eight months been secretly producing and exporting the most sought after mineral, uranium, which is the basic requirement for ...

What do they mine in West Papua? – Greedhead.net

Located in the Western Highlands is the massive Freeport Indonesia mining operation. Freeport's Mt Ertsberg mine is the second largest copper mine in the world, and also contains the largest proven gold deposit in existence, valued in excess of $ US 40 billion. Is West Papua's Aikwa mining site killing fish and shrimp?

The $100bn gold mine and the West Papuans who say they are ...

Freeport mine Since the Suharto dictatorship annexed the region in a 1969 UN referendum largely seen as a fixed land grab, an estimated 500,000 West Papuans have been killed in their fight for...