Freeport Indonesia, operator of Grasberg, the world's second-biggest copper mine, is on track shift to all-underground mining by 2022, its chief executive said on Sunday.

Evarukdijati, Sri Haryati, Jayapura, Papua – Papua's Law Enforcement Task Force arrested TW, a member of a criminal armed group that attacked PT Freeport employees in Kuala Kencana tha

Fathin Ungku and Wilda Asmarini, Singapore – Freeport-McMoRan Inc's Indonesian unit said it will operate the giant Grasberg mine with a "skeletal team" after a rise in coronavirus infe

The mining company PT Freeport Indonesia has increased efforts to test for, and treat people with Covid-19, in Papua.

Pacific Media Watch – The regent of Mimika in Papua has urged President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to temporarily close a mine in the regency owned by gold and copper miner PT Freeport Indon

Jakarta – The regent of Mimika in Papua has urged President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to temporarily close a mine in the regency owned by gold and copper miner PT Freeport Indonesia as the

Antara, Timika – The Mimika Legislative Council (DPRD), Papua province, wrote to President Joko Widodo or Jokowi in Jakarta, suggesting a temporary closure of PT Freeport Indonesia in

Jakarta – The Mining Advocacy Network (Jatam) is urging President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to temporarily halt operations by mining companies around the country which they believe are negl

Johnny Blades – An Indonesian human rights expert has called for New Zealand police help after a deadly attack on mine company staff in West Papua.

Apriza Pinandita, Jakarta – Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called for an independent investigation into the recent murder of a New Zealander Freeport employee by members of an armed grou

Laurens Ikinia – A sad story has taken place again in the PT Freeport Indonesia gold and copper mine area near Timika in West Papua on Monday with one New Zealander shot dead and two o

John McBeth, Jakarta – With most Indonesians preoccupied with a coronavirus outbreak, security officials were caught off guard when at least three gunmen penetrated the US-based Freepo

Victor Mambor, Jayapura – A foreign employee of gold and copper mining company PT Freeport Indonesia was shot dead on Monday by gunmen in Timika, the capital city of Mimika regency in

As the world faces the coronavirus crisis, my people face a renewed humanitarian crisis in West Papua.

Jakarta – As many as 790 people have fled their homes in mountainous areas around the Freeport mining site to take refuge at the Tembagapura Police headquarter in Timika, Papua, on Fri

Employees at the Freeport mine in West Papua have been warned about heightened security risks in the area.

Hendartyo Hanggi, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military or TNI and PT Freeport Indonesia signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the security of the mining giant in Timika, Papua.

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry decided this month to increase mining company Freeport Indonesia's copper concentrate export quota to 700,000 wet me

Jakarta – Gold and copper miner PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) sold less copper and gold in the first half of 2019, decreasing to almost half the amount sold during the same period last

Dion Bisara, Jakarta – Freeport Indonesia, the country's largest gold and copper mining company, will start discussions after Idul Fitri next month with 15 local and foreign banks inte

Jakarta – Mining giant PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) will close its open-pit mine this year and will soon fully operate an underground mine, which features a 500-kilometer tunnel the co

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Jakarta – The government has told the administrations of Papua province and Mimika regency to establish a region-owned enterprise (BUMD) to hold the 10 percent combined shares they wer

Jakarta – Gold and copper miner PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) denied on Thursday reports about the company's plan to lay off more workers as the end nears of open-pit operations at the

Jakarta – Thirty-five sacked PT Freeport Indonesia workers, who have been camping out in front of the State Palace for a week, have been forcibly removed by police and are being held a