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The Grasberg mine in Indonesia is the world's largest and richest gold mine, producing 48 tonnes of gold a year, and has reserves worth an estimated $40 billion.
President Donald Trump announced a 50% tariff on copper imports on Tueday, a move aimed at bolstering domestic production and ...
The largest gold mine and third largest copper mine in the world the the Grasberg mine has a turbulent past involving decades of expedition, rebel attacks and a construction cost that went $55 ...
The Grasberg open pit mine started operations in 1990 and is expected to produce through 2017. The DOZ underground mine was worked between 1989 and 1991, and was then reopened in 2000.
Freeport-McMoRan Inc's Indonesian unit said it will operate the giant Grasberg mine with a "skeletal team" after a rise in coronavirus infections in the area, including at the mine workers' living ...
The Indonesian unit of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold halted activities at the Grasberg mine after four workers were killed when car collided with a mining truck.
Grasberg itself has an estimated worth of $50 billion. In addition to being the world's largest gold mine, it's the world's third largest copper mine, and copper is in high demand.
The Grasberg mine tailings have apparently destroyed the rivers below the mine. These photos, taken in and around the Grasberg mine in the mid-1990s, appear to show a lack of environmental concern ...
High hopes that the world’s biggest gold mine will finally bring meaningful benefit to the community for which it has for decades been a source of contention have been deflated as negotiations ...