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Freeport Indonesia Reduces Copper Ore Mining to 60% Capacity, Mining Official says

February 14, 2025, 08.59 PM | Source: Reuters

ILUSTRASI. Workers make repairs at the location of the gas cleaning plant and sulfuric acid plant Smelter PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI), Gresik Special Economic Zone (KEK), East Java, Thursday (6/2/2025). The PTFI Smelter facility that caught fire on Monday, October 14, 2024 is planned to start operating again at the end of June 2025 and will gradually reach a production level of 100 percent by the end of 2025 ANTARA FOTO/Rizal Hanafi/nym.

FREEPORT - JAKARTA. Copper miner PT Freeport Indonesia has reduced its copper ore mining to 60% capacity due to rising stockpiles, Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry senior official Tri Winarno said on Friday.

Indonesia has banned exports of unprocessed ores to encourage domestic processing and value-add.

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