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Freeport’s Grasberg mine in Indonesia’s province of Papua is one of the world’s richest mining operations for copper and gold But while the site has generated colossal profits for its parent company and the Indonesian government the mine’s history is marred by ongoing controversy

Mar 30 2020 · New Zealand Man Killed Near Indonesia’s Freeport Mine Gunmen killed a New Zealand miner and wounded six others near the world’s largest gold mine in Indonesia’s easternmost Papua

Nov 24 2017 · Thousands of West Papuans have demonstrated in Jayapura calling for the closure of the massive Freeport gold mine in Mimika regency Theyre also demanding Indonesian security forces withdraw from the area around the mine where a standoff continues with the West Papua National Liberation Army or TPN

Apr 01 2020 · Papua and West Papua have so far reported only 10 out of Indonesias 1677 confirmed cases of Covid19 but officials have nonetheless called for a lockdown to prevent it spreading The last reported incident around Freeport was on March 15 when security forces killed four separatists in a gunfight near Tembagapura

According to police in the Indonesian province of Papua Beanal was shot in the head in the jungle He worked for a firm that supplied food to Freeport McMoRan the US mining giant that runs Grasberg one of the worlds largest copper and gold mines

Nov 24 2017 · Thousands of West Papuans have demonstrated in Jayapura calling for the closure of the massive Freeport gold mine in Mimika regency Theyre also demanding Indonesian security forces withdraw from the area around the mine where a standoff continues with the West Papua National Liberation Army or TPN

Mar 30 2020 · New Zealand Man Killed Near Indonesia’s Freeport Mine Gunmen killed a New Zealand miner and wounded six others near the world’s largest gold mine in Indonesia’s easternmost Papua

But just like the people of West Papua this beautiful paradise is under attack The Freeport Mine The Freeport mine in Grasberg is the largest gold mine in the world Majority owned by the US mining company Freeport McMoRan the mine is the cause of an environmental catastrophe in the region

Indonesian Protesters Kill Four Servicemen West PapuaIndonesia Author Associated Press Protesters bludgeoned three policemen and a soldier to death in daylong demonstrations Thursday to demand the closure of a massive USowned gold mine belonging to FreeportMcMoRan in eastern Indonesia officials said

Freeport has concessions totalling 36 million hectares in West Papua following the recent granting of a 26 million hectare concession and in March 1995 it was announced that the worlds biggest mining company RTZ of the UK had bought an 18 per cent stake in the company a 18 billion deal enabling a massive expansion of Freeports

Four decades of heavy restrictions on media and human rights groups’ access to West Papua has resulted in a near media blackout Linked to all this is a United Statesbased mining giant Freeport

Apr 11 2018 · The Grasberg coppergold mine in West Papua By Richard Solly Coordinator London Mining Network The most shocking words spoken at this morning’s Rio Tinto AGM were these “I am not sure I can answer that question” Maybe they don’t sound so shocking out of context This is the context In 1969 Indonesia annexed West Papua

Through its subsidiary PT Freeport Indonesia PTFI FCX mines one of the world’s largest copper and gold deposits in the Grasberg minerals district in Papua Indonesia In addition to copper and gold PTFI produces silver PTFI operates in the remote highlands of the Sudirman Mountain Range in the province of Papua Indonesia which is on the western half of the island of New Guinea

Oct 12 2011 · When West Papua was colonised by Indonesia in the early 1960s Indonesia quickly awarded the rights to mine our land to the US company FreeportMcMoRan under the guidance of Henry Kissinger who

West Papua A history of exploitation West Papua was taken over by Indonesia in 1969 and a legacy of oppression and environmental devastation has followed US mining company Freeport

Latest posts West Papua stands with Vanuatu and Solomon Islands amid Cyclone Harold April 13 2020 Media advisory notice on alleged shooting near Freeport mine in Timika March 30 2020 ULMWP Chair Refusal to stop incoming migrants demonstrates Indonesia’s genocidal policies March 25 2020 ULMWP Chair West Papuan political prisoners at risk of Covid19 if not released March 23 2020

Apr 01 2020 · Papua and West Papua have so far reported only 10 out of Indonesias 1677 confirmed cases of Covid19 but officials have nonetheless called for a lockdown to prevent it spreading The last reported incident around Freeport was on March 15 when security forces killed four separatists in a gunfight near Tembagapura

Jul 14 2011 · Striking workers at FreeportMcMoran’s gold and copper mine in Indonesia’s Papua province have returned to work after their union said the firm agreed to its demands in the latest round of talks The estimated 7thousand workers had been demanding higher wages and were protesting against the dismissal of six union leaders

Latest posts West Papua stands with Vanuatu and Solomon Islands amid Cyclone Harold April 13 2020 Media advisory notice on alleged shooting near Freeport mine in Timika March 30 2020 ULMWP Chair Refusal to stop incoming migrants demonstrates Indonesia’s genocidal policies March 25 2020 ULMWP Chair West Papuan political prisoners at risk of Covid19 if not released March 23 2020

Mar 30 2020 · The Grasberg mine’s vast gold and copper reserves have been exploited for decades by FreeportMcMoRan damaging the surrounding environment while

Apr 01 2020 · Papua and West Papua have so far reported only 10 out of Indonesias 1677 confirmed cases of Covid19 but officials have nonetheless called for a lockdown to prevent it spreading The last reported incident around Freeport was on March 15 when security forces killed four separatists in a gunfight near Tembagapura

Four decades of heavy restrictions on media and human rights groups’ access to West Papua has resulted in a near media blackout Linked to all this is a United Statesbased mining giant Freeport

Oct 21 2013 · Notes about the Grasberg Mine and the Indonesian military Freeport in complete cohesion with the Indonesian military is so destructive that the mine itself pumps over 238000 tonnes of toxic waste into the local river system EVERY DAY and before it opened military have killed and forcibly displaced thousands of local tribes people just to make way for the mine

Mar 18 2020 · Freeport must immediately halt production at the mine The company knows that the problems around the mine run deep and will not stop until there is a just solution for the people of West Papua – until our right to selfdetermination is respected

From mine to super mine Located in the providence of Papua the Grasberg mine sits at an altitude of 14000 feet in the remote highlands of the Sudiman Mountain Range The mine is a joint venture between FreeportMcMoRan and mining juggernaut Rio Tinto with Freeport owning 60 percent of the mine and Rio Tinto owning the remaining 40 percent

Jul 15 2010 · News items from Bintang Papua abridged in translation Shocking news has been received about FreeportIndonesia namely that this company which operates one of the largest copper mines in the world has for the past eight months been secretly producing and exporting the most sought after mineral uranium which is the basic requirement for nuclear reactors and for the production of

FCX operates large longlived geographically diverse assets with significant proven and probable reserves of copper gold and molybdenum

Nov 23 2011 · Wednesday September 26 2012 Item 8112 WELLINGTON Radio NZ International Pacific Media Watch Human rights breaches have prompted the New Zealand Superannuation Fund to end its investment in the huge Freeport McMoRan copper and gold mine in Indonesia’s West Papua now the fund of just over US15 billion has had just over a US1 million directly

The West Papua National Liberation Army TPNPB operations commander Hendrik Wamang said his group was responsible for the shooting “It is better for Freeport to close down and stop all mining activities in the Timika region We will not stay idle We will

Mar 11 2020 · Violent clashes have broken out between Indonesian security forces and the West Papua National Liberation Army near the Freeport gold and copper mine The Liberation Army has claimed responsibility for the shooting deaths of an Indonesian soldier and a policeman in the Freeport

The proindependence group West Papua National Liberation Army TPNPB however claimed responsibility for the shooting “Our battlefield is at the Freeport and Grassberg mining sites Kuala Kencana is also a war zone

The Amungme and Kamoro are the original indigenous landowners of the areas that now comprise Freeports copper and gold mining operations and infrastructure in the Timika area of Papua Irian JayaWest Papua Indonesia