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12 February 2023

Flash Floods in Freeport Area, Mining and Processing Activities Temporarily Suspended

PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) is temporarily suspending mining and processing activities in Tembagapura, Mimika, Central Papua after flash flooding struck the plant’s area. This was conveyed by the President Director of PT Freeport Indonesia, Tony Wenas, by means of a written statement, Sunday (2/12).

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09 February 2023

Freeport Facilitates Papuan Journalists to Attend HPN 2023 in Medan City

PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI), through its corporate communications (Corp.Comm), has facilitated journalists in Papua to trigger a series of activities for the 2023 National Press Day (HPN), 7-12 February 2023 to be exact, which will be held in Medan City, North Sumatra.

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09 February 2023

PT Freeport Indonesia’s Smelter Optimistically Starts Operations in May 2024 

The Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia, K. H. Ma'ruf Amin, visited PT Freeport Indonesia’s (PTFI) refining facility (smelter) construction site in the Java Integrated Industrial and Port Estate (JIIPE) area in Gresik, East Java. During the visit, Vice President Amin was optimistic that PTFI’s smelter, which is the world’s largest single-line smelter, could operate in May 2024 as planned to process PTFI’s raw materials.

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07 February 2023

President Ma’ruf Visits Freeport Smelter In Gresik, Said to be the Largest in the World

Vice President Ma’ruf Amin visited the smelter construction project owned by PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) located in the Java Integrated and Industrial Ports Estate (JIIPE) Special Economic Zone (SEZ), Gresik, Tuesday (2/7).

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07 February 2023

Ma'ruf Amin: Freeport Smelter Will Generate Multiplier Effects

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin expressed appreciation for the economic contribution made by PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) and the multiplier effects generated by the Manyar smelter project underway. He said PTFI has so far spent US$ 1.63 billion or equivalent to Rp 25 trillion, out of a total investment cost of US$ 3 billion, equivalent to Rp 45 trillion.   

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02 February 2023

Airlangga Hartarto Is Optimistic that Freeport’s Manyar Smelter Will Be Completed by December 2023

Indonesian Coordinating Minister of Economy Airlangga Hartarto is optimistic construction of the Manyar smelter belonging to PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) will be completed on time in December 2023. Currently, the smelter’s construction progress has reached 51.7%.

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01 February 2023

As Copper Export Ban Looms, Freeport Boss: Work on the Smelter is On Track 

PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) has ascertained work on the copper concentrate smelter project located in the JIIPE Special Economic Zone (KEK) in Gresik, East Java achieved 51.7 percent progress early this year. PTFI President Director Tony Wenas says project progress in development of the smelter with a capacity of 1.7 million dry metric ton (dmt) is consistent with the timeline that has its completion date in 2023. “We are on track, as of this time, 51.7 percent progress has been achieved, and by the end of 2023 physical construction will have been 100 percent completed,” Tony stated during a visit to Wisma Bisnis Indonesia in Jakarta, on Wednesday (1/2/2023).

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24 January 2023

Freeport Plays an Important Role in the Process of Building a Hospital in Banti Together with the Mimika Health Office

Health services are a part of education and employment to accelerate welfare development, especially for indigenous Papuans at this time. In this case, the construction of hospitals is also an essential supporting factor for the effectiveness of health services, especially in areas far from cities, including mainland Papua.

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20 January 2023

Sports Minister Zainudin Hopes Papua Football Academy Will Be a Role Model for Other Regions

Youth and Sports Minister Zainudin Amali expressed the hope that Papua Football Academy (PFA) will provide lessons for other regions in developing football in Indonesia. 

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18 January 2023

Road Map for Copper Downstreaming Must be Prepared

The Government’s echo of the downstreaming of copper must be accompanied by a road map for the absorbing industry. Moreover, in 2024 large smelters will operate so that industries so that industries absorbing downstream copper products must be prepared.

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