Rapidly growing Australian business Components Only is establishing offices in the high-profile mining regions of Chile and Mongolia.
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Rio Tinto secures $4.7bn Grasberg deal
Rio Tinto has agreed to sell its interest in the Grasberg copper-gold mine in Indonesia to state-owned PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium for $US3.5 billion ($4.7 billion).
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Rio Tinto edges closer to Grasberg deal
Rio Tinto has confirmed that PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium (Inalum) is interested in buying its share in the Grasberg copper-gold mine in Indonesia.
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Freeport sells billion dollar mine to Chinese miner
Freeport McMoRan has sold its largest holdings in Africa to China Molybdenum for more than US$2 billion.
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Freeport reveals allegations of corruption against Indonesian speaker
Indonesian parliamentary speaker is under pressure to resign after he was recorded demanding company shares in exchange for his support for a mining operation.
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Miner dies at Grasberg mine
A miner has been killed in a rockfall at the Freeport McMoran Grasberg mine in Indonesia.
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Picking up the pieces: Indonesian mine collapse
The most recent incident to befall Grasberg mine in Indonesia was the worst, and something from which it is still attempting to recover. A tunnel collapsed on May 14, killing 28 miners.
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Freeport resumes underground operations after mine collapse
Arizona-based Freeport McMoRan said it will restart underground mining in eastern Indonesia today, after production was halted nearly two months ago due to a tunnel collapse.
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Freeport mine collapse will not hamper contract talks
A fatal tunnel collapse at a copper and gold mine in Indonesia should not hamper contract negotiations with America’s Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold, a government negotiating team said.
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Green signal for some Freeport operations
The Indonesian government has given approval for Freeport McMoRan to resume some operations at the world’s second biggest copper mine, according to a senior company official.
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Indonesia looks at resuming Freeport mine
Indonesia’s government is contemplating restarting open-pit mining at Freeport McMoran the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources said on Tuesday.
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Freeport mine could be shut for two months
A government official said on Saturday Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold cannot restart production at its large copper mine until investigations conclude into the mine collapse.
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Freeport mine collapse toll climbs to 21
The death toll from a mine collapse at in Indonesia has risen to 21, with rescuers retrieving four more bodies from a collapsed underground room.
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Freeport mine collapse rescue efforts in pictures
Freeport Indonesia posted photos of the rescue efforts after a mine collapse killed 21 people far. Seven others are still trapped inside.
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Freeport mine collapse toll climbs to nine
The death toll from an Indonesian mine collapse has risen to nine as rescuers retrieved the bodies of four more workers.
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Freeport mine collapse claims two lives, 31 trapped
Two workers have died and 31 others were trapped after a tunnel caved in at a mine in remote eastern Indonesia on Tuesday.
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Government warns Aussies to avoid Freeport mine
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has warned Australians to take extra care if travelling around the Freeport mine in Indonesia, following rising tensions on site.
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Freeport’s Indonesian workers on strike
About 1,100 workers have gone strike at Freeport-McMoRan’s Indonesian mine, demanding improved pay, the US firm said on Wednesday.
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Tough run for world’s top ten gold miners
Despite being the top ten gold miners in the world during historically high prices, getting on top, and staying there, is difficult.
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