Freeport Restarts Open-Pit Operations at Indonesian Copper Mine
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Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. has restarted some operations at its Grasberg complex in Indonesia, the world’s second-largest copper mine, after a May 14 accident that killed 28 and halted output.
The company is slowly resuming operations after work began again at the Grasberg open-pit and mill on May 28, Phoneix-based Freeport’s local unit said yesterday in an e-mailed statement. Mine inspectors from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources completed a preliminary investigation of the accident and issued recommendations to the company, Freeport said.