Timika – Activities at the PT Freeport Indonesia (PT FI) Amamapare Port Site in Timika, Papua, returned to normal on Thursday after access to the location – which had been blockaded by residents and employees from seven tribes possessing customary rights to the PT FI mining concession – was reopened.

The blockade was due to the signing of a new agreement between PT FI and the workers' union called the New Era agreement.

Many employees viewed the New Era agreement as going against the Joint Working Regulation (PKB) and the Industrial Relation Regulation (PHI), which had been jointly agreed-upon between management and labor.

In addition, residents of Karaka village, located adjacent to the Amampare Port Site, demanded their village be connected with to the mine's electricity supply.

The road has been blocked by felled trees since Nov. 22. Residents also set up a tent in the middle of the road, preventing the loading and unloading of cargo.

Source: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/11/28/freeport-mining-activities-return-normal.html