Operational News

20 December 2021

Freeport Copper Smelter Development to Push Downstream Industries

PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) has now been present in Papua for 54 years. Operating since 1970, Freeport continues to develop its mining operation in Tembagapura, Papua. Freeport has 2 main mining areas, the Grasberg open pit and the underground mining complex.

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17 December 2021

There are 27 thousand workers at Freeport, 40 percent more than indigenous Papuans

PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) President Director Tony Wenas, said that currently the number of workers at Freeport's copper and gold mine in Timika, Papua is around 27 thousand. According to him, the majority of workers are children of the nation from various tribes and regions.

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17 December 2021

Freeport Mining is All High-Tech, with Robotics and Automated Systems

Mining is one of the industries that carries an elevated risk level for occupational health and safety (OSH/K3). As such, mining companies are required to have in place specific procedures and systems to ensure the safety of workers.

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16 December 2021

Not Gold: This is What the Product Freeport Mining Produces Looks Like

A detikcom team had occasion to visit 2 of Freeport’s major mines in Tembagapura, Mimika, Papua to take a closer look at PTFI’s mining process and the product it produces.

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15 December 2021

PTFI’s Mining Brings Highest Economic Growth Rate for Papua in 3rd Quarter 2021

Papua Province’s economic growth reached 14.54% in 3rd Quarter 2021 making Papua the province with the highest economic growth rate on a national scale.

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13 October 2021

Airlangga: Freeport Gresik Smelter Construction Becomes History for Indonesia

The Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto said the construction of the PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) smelter in the Java Integrated Industrial and Port Estate Special Economic Zone (JIIPE) Gresik, East Java is a history for the Indonesian people.

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12 October 2021

Inaugurating Freeport Smelter Construction, Jokowi: It Can Absorb 40,000 Workers

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) inaugurated the construction of a copper smelter owned by PT Freeport Indonesia in Gresik Regency, East Java. This was marked by the laying of the first stone or groundbreaking on Tuesday, 12th October 2021.

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16 September 2021

Freeport Discloses Why It Elected to Build Smelter in Gresik

PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) has established its plan to build a copper processing smelter in the Gresik Special Economic Zone, Java Integrated Industrial Port and Estate (JIIPE), East Java, with a contract period of 80 years.

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06 September 2021

Freeport and Affiliated Company AKRA Sign Manyar Port Operating Agreement

PT Berlian Manyar Sejahtera (BMS), a company affiliated with PT AKR Corporindo Tbk (AKRA) and PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) has signed a port facility agreement at the Java Integrated and Industrial Port Estate (JIIPE) sea port in Manyar, Gresik, East Java.

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01 September 2021

Released by Freeport, This is the Fate of the Wabu Block Gold Mine

The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (EMR) has not yet handed the management of Wabu Block over to the State-Owned Enterprises (SOE) Mining Industry Holding, MIND ID.

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