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View all search resultsFreeport asks to restart operations at unaffected Papua mines
PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) is seeking government approval to resume operations at sections of its massive mining complex in Tembagapura, Central Papua, that were not impacted by a major landslide in September.
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Rescue personnel of gold and copper mining firm PT Freeport Indonesia strive to find workers trapped in the Grasberg Block Cave underground mine in September in Tembagapura, Mimika, Central Papua. (Antara/Freeport Indonesia/Handout/Antara/Freeport Indonesia/Handout)
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T Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) is seeking government approval to resume operations at sections of its massive mining complex in Tembagapura, Central Papua, that were not impacted by a major landslide in September, the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry has confirmed.
Before the deadly incident, PTFI's production came from three underground mines in Tembagapura: the Grasberg Block Cave (GBC), the Deep Mill Level Zone (DMLZ) and Big Gossan.
Following the landslide at the GBC mine, all operations across the site were suspended as a precautionary measure.
The landslide occurred on Sept. 8 in one of five sections of the GBC underground gold and copper mine, when approximately 800,000 metric tonnes of wet material rushed through multiple mine levels, including the service level, where the missing team members were working, trapping them by closing access and limiting evacuation routes.
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Tri Winarno, the energy ministry’s minerals and coal director general, said PTFI was applying for a specific permit to restart activities at the unaffected DMLZ and Big Gossan mines.
"They are in the process of [submitting permits] to continue production [at the mines unaffected by the landslide],” Tri said in Minahasa, North Sulawesi, on Wednesday. He affirmed the government's openness to the request, conditional on a comprehensive safety guarantee from the company.
