Grasberg Block Cave Mine in Papua, was the largest copper-producing mine in Indonesia, producing approximately 295.5 thousand tonnes of copper and an estimated 26.4 …
Indonesia has reached an agreement with US copper miner Freeport-McMoran to allow the company to keep operating its giant Grasberg mine in the country.
Thousands of workers have started a weeklong strike at Freeport-McMoRan's gold and copper mine in eastern Indonesia, demanding higher wages and protesting …
JAKARTA/TORONTO, July 21 (Reuters) - An estimated 5,000 workers at the giant Grasberg copper mine operated by Freeport-McMoRan Inc's Indonesian unit will extend their strike for a fourth month, a ...
Thousands of workers begin a month-long strike at one of the world's largest gold and copper mines in the remote Indonesian province of Papua. ... paralysed at the Grasberg mine, which is run by ...
This strike comes shortly after miners at Freeport Indonesia's Grasberg, the world's largest gold mine and second biggest copper mine, returned to work in January, ending a three-month strike.
By Susan Taylor TORONTO (Reuters) - Freeport McMoRan Inc said Thursday that mining and milling rates at its Grasberg mine in Papua, Indonesia have been affected by an extended strike, and a "large number" of approximately 4,000 absentee workers were deemed to have resigned. Escalating labor tension is a further …
Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc will produce 80 million pounds less copper and 125,000 ounces less gold due to labour strife at the company's Grasberg mine in Indonesia.
In New York on Tuesday copper for delivery in May suffered a second day of markdowns trading at $2.6075 per pound or $5,750 a tonne as output disruptions at the world's biggest mines appear to ...
The mining giant received yet another setback from its crown-jewel, the Indonesian Grasberg mine, when 8,000 mine workers started a 7-day strike. Freeport McMoran Copper now faces a new problem ...
About 8,000 employees, or 70 percent of the Freeport workforce at Freeport's Grasberg mining site, started a month-long strike on Sept. 15 to demand wage increases, raising concerns it may widen a global deficit of the metal used in pipes and wires, and boost prices.
Trucks are parked at the open-pit mine of PT Freeport's Grasberg copper and gold mine complex near Timika, in the eastern region of Papua, Indonesia on September 19, 2015 in this file photo taken ...
24 May, 2017 PT Freeport Indonesia has terminated 2,018 workers taking strike action at the massive Grasberg copper and gold mine in the Indonesian province of West Papua.
KEYWORDS: Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold, Grasberg, copper, gold Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold has lost 55,000 tpd of mill throughput in the quarter to date at Freeport Indonesia due to the ...
Workers at Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold's Grasberg mine in Indonesia plan to stage a strike in coming days after talks with the company failed to resolve a pay dispute, a move that could tighten
Susan Taylor, Toronto – Freeport McMoRan Inc said on Thursday that mining and milling rates at its Grasberg copper mine in Papua, Indonesia have been affected as some 9,000 workers stage an extended strike, and a "large number" of approximately 4,000 absentee workers were deemed to have resigned. ... An estimated …
JAKARTA, Oct 8 (Reuters) – Workers at Freeport-McMoRan Inc's giant Indonesian copper mine are seeking face-to-face talks with local management following a fatal accident, and may plan a…
A strike at Freeport McMoRan's huge gold and copper mine in eastern Indonesia has slashed production by 230,000 tonnes a day, the energy and minerals ministry said on Friday. The production cut ...
Union workers at Freeport Indonesia's Grasberg copper mine said they could extend their strike by another month, which would make it the longest mining stoppage in the country's history. The controversial Grasberg mine is the most profitable mine in the world, and yet the miners argue their wages are the lower than in other countries.
WEBIndonesia has reached an agreement with US copper miner Freeport-McMoran to allow the company to keep operating its giant Grasberg mine in the country.
In New York on Wednesday copper for delivery in May gained for the fourth day in a row, jumping 2% to hit a day high of $2.7685 per pound or $6,103 a tonne as a return to production at two top ...
Copper miner Freeport-McMoRan Inc warned on Friday it would punish workers for absenteeism at its Indonesian unit, a day after one of its main unions announced plans to go on a one-month strike ...
Freeport McMoRan (NYSE:FCX) says operations at the Grasberg copper mine in Indonesia are "running as normal," despite thousands of workers extending a strike for another month.
Bloomberg reported that Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE:FCX) is evaluating the impact on production and deliveries at Grasberg copper …
Indonesia plans to acquire Rio Tinto's 40 percent participating stake in the Grasberg copper mine operated by the local division of Freeport-McMoRan Inc, part of government plans to control more ...
Grasberg, located in Indonesia, is one of the world's biggest gold and copper mines (Image by Enterdie) ... through 2031 to further develop the mine. The new plan will include a schedule to ...
Benchmark copper prices hit three-week highs Thursday as worries about prolonged disruptions at Grasberg triggered short-covering, ahead of a long holiday weekend in Europe and top consumer China. Freeport Indonesia union industrial relations officer, Tri Puspital, told Reuters on Saturday that the strike had halved Grasberg's output.
Union workers at Freeport Indonesia's Grasberg copper mine said they could extend their strike by another month, which would make it the longest mining stoppage in the country's history.
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia's mining minister said on Thursday that Freeport McMoRan Inc could request an extension of six months to renegotiate rights to Grasberg, the world's second ...
Output from Indonesia's Grasberg copper mine, one of the world's biggest, is running at around two-thirds capacity because of a strike, a government official said on Tuesday, while a union leader ...