Freeport McMoRan

Tribe sues Freeport MacMoRan over copper mine

Kailash — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:15:16 +0100

NEAR CASA GRANDE — The Tohono O’odham Nation claims an international mining company released hazardous substances during its search for copper on tribal lands, destroying the area’s natural resources in the process.

The tribe’s complaint involves Cyprus Tohono Corporation, a subsidiary of Freeport MacMoRan. Its members want relief for mining activities that allegedly occurred 32 miles southwest of Casa Grande on land the tribe leased to Cyprus Tohono for copper-mining purposes.

According to the complaint, mining operations have dug around the area off and on since the 1880s.

'We are fighting for our lives and our dignity'

Kailash — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:31:29 +0100

It has been called the world’s second “oil war”, but the only similarity between Iraq and events in the jungles of northern Peru over the last few weeks has been the mismatch of force. On one side have been the police armed with automatic weapons, teargas, helicopter gunships and armoured cars.

Freeport Investors Voice Environmental Fears Over Goldmine

Kailash — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:13:47 +0100

One of the world’s largest gold, silver and copper mines can be found deep in the heart of one of Indonesia’s most remote landscapes. Located in the isolated highland area of West Papua close to Puncak Jaya, the highest mountain in the province, the multibillion-dollar Grasberg mine has more than 8,000 employees and is a major contributor to the economy.

Producing more than a quarter of a million tons of ore each day, the crater-like open pit mine measures nearly 2 kilometers across its surface on a site close to 10,000 hectares in size.

Ravages of Mining Too High a Price for Economic Development, Activists Say

Kailash — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:12:21 +0100

An activist on Wednesday harshly criticized mining as a tool for economic development, saying it should be the last option explored due to the social, economic and environmental upheaval it caused.

“There is no such thing as sustainable mining.

Ghanian EPA asked to withhold papers of defaulting mining companies

Kailash — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:16:17 +0100

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been directed to withhold licences of Mining firms that do not fulfill the requirements of the Environmental Impact and Social Assessment.

The Minister of Environment, Science and Technology, Hanny-Sherry Ayittey, who gave the order said if that was done during the evaluation of performance of mining companies, most of the problems bedeviling the mining communities could be curtailed.

The country’s environmental and social assessment requirements for mining firms should build schools, plant trees in forest reserves where they operate, provi

Five injured in renewed attacks at Freeport-McMoRan Grasberg copper/gold mine

Kailash — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:13:55 +0100

RENO, NV – A series of attacks have resumed near Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold’s Grasberg’s mine in Indonesia’s West Papua Province, the latest reported on Sunday when five Freeport employees traveling by bus were shot at and wounded by glass shrapnel.

The official Indonesia news agency Antara said the bus was shot at on its way to the mine Sunday afternoon. Papua Police Chief Bagus Ekodanto told Antara five people were injured in Sunday’s attack.

Last Wednesday, a Freeport bus was also shot at on the Timika-Tembagapura road to the mine early in the morning.

Threat to blockade Freeport-McMoran's massive Grasberg copper-gold mine

Kailash — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:15:08 +0000

TIMIKA, Indonesia – Tribal leaders in Indonesia’s easternmost Papua province on Monday threatened to blockade Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc’s (FCX.N) huge mine after police killed a separatist commander last week.

Kelly Kwalik had led a militant wing of the Free Papua Movement (OPM) and was one of the members who had campaigned against the presence of Freeport, which operates the Grasberg copper and gold mine.

The OPM has waged a low-level insurgency against the Indonesian government for four decades.

Freeport Indonesia workers fear for safety after Grasberg deaths

Kailash — Mon, 09 May 2011 11:18:57 +0100

RENO, NV – Hundreds of Grasberg employees protested in front of the PT Freeport Indonesia offices for two days, refusing to go to work until their employer could guarantee their safety.

Papua police are investigating a traffic accident Thursday in which two Grasberg mine employees were killed when the car in which they were riding overturned and burst into flames.

Submission to UN Committee on Racial Discrimination (CERD) with regard to the United Kingdom

whit — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 11:53:01 +0100

Indigenous Peoples Links coordinated a submissions to the UN Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) 79th Session with regard to the United Kingdom’s responsibility to ensure respect for the rights of Indigenous Peoples overseas in the context of UK transnational corporations (TNC) activities impacting on them.

The UK will be reviewed on the 23rd and 24th of August 2011 and the concluding observations should be posted at the close of the session on the 2nd of September.

Submission by PIPLinks, Down to Earth, University of Middlesex and London Mining Ne

Indonesia: Local tribes want to be involved in Freeport contract renegotiations

whit — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 12:37:27 +0100

The Custom Institute of Amungme Tribe (Lemasa) in Papua has called on the central government to involve customary communities in the renegotiation process for the PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) contract extension.

“After tens of years of Freeport mining our natural resources, there is no single point in the current contract that manages the basic rights of the indigenous people, especially the Amungme and Kamoro tribes,” Lemasa director executive Anton Alomang said, as reported by Antara news agency on Thursday.

Anton said Freeport started paying attention to the Amungme and Kamoro