Shots Fired At Freeport Indonesia Vehicles Saturday -Co
24 August 2009 - 1:59PM
Dow Jones News
Unknown attackers fired shots at a truck convoy belonging to
Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.'s (FCX) Indonesian
operations over the weekend, but no-one was injured in the attack
and mining operations were unaffected, the company said Monday.
PT Freeport Indonesia said in a statement that it has
indefinitely suspended operations on part of the road that leads to
its Grasberg copper and gold mine in Papua province in eastern
Indonesia.
A company official said separately that the area of the road
which has been closed is not within the company's mining area.
"Mine production and milling are running normally," PT Freeport
spokesman Mindo Pangaribuan told Dow Jones Newswires.
PT Freeport has suffered a string of shooting attacks on its
personnel and property since July. An Australian mine technician
and an Indonesian security guard working for the company were
killed last month in one such attack, sparking concerns over
security.
-By Reuben Carder, Dow Jones Newswires; 62 21 3983 1277;
Reuben.Carder@dowjones.com