FILE PHOTO: Trucks operate in the open-pit mine of PT Freeport's Grasberg copper and gold mine complex near Timika, in the eastern region of Papua, Indonesia on September 19, 2015 in this photo ...

Credit: Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images Since 1967 PT Freeport has been mining copper and gold in Mimika, West Papua and dumping its tailings waste in several rivers in the Mimika Regency area.

2023 Copper miner Freeport Indonesia has restored operations at its huge Grasberg mine in Indonesia's Papua region, after it was hit by floods, a company spokesperson said on Wednesday.

Planning to use the pilot to negotiate, Kogoya has said they will not release Mr Mehrtens unless Indonesia frees Papua as a sovereign country. In 2020, seven employees of PT Freeport Indonesia ...