The discharge of what are called tailings, the leftovers of mineral extraction, is perfectly legal under Freeport's current contract with the government. But recently, after more than a year of tense ...

and pointed to separate investigations that estimated damage worth $13.3 billion resulting from tailings from the mine. Freeport has denied it breached Indonesia's environmental rules, but the ...

JAKARTA, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Mining giant Freeport McMoRan Inc said its Indonesian unit, facing $469 million in water taxes and penalties in Papua province dating back to 2011, will contest a ...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - A state audit of operations at Indonesia's Grasberg ... two decrees that gave Freeport six months to overhaul management of its mine waste, or tailings, at Grasberg, the ...

The mining giant Freeport McMoRan will pay $230,000 to settle repeated alleged violations of Pima County air quality rules due to tailings dust blanketing Green Valley from the Sierrita Mine ...

Mining company Freeport McMoRan faces charges from Pima County that blowing tailings from its Sierrita Mine in Green Valley violated county law and the company’s air quality permit. The county ...

The discharge of what are called tailings, the leftovers of mineral extraction, is perfectly legal under Freeport’s current ... over the terms of a new deal, Indonesia suddenly changed the ...

That deal, where Indonesia and state-owned miner PT ... The environmental report said Freeport had allowed tailings from the mine to extend beyond previously agreed limits, polluting coastal ...

And if the entire tailings plume goes acid ... From the outset of PT Freeport Indonesia's operations, the Government has looked to the Company to provide logistical and infrastructure support ...

Are the mining tailings releasing heavy metals ... Given the renewed interest in gold mining and the environment in Indonesia, and in Freeport's Grasberg mine in particular, EnviroSearch's ...

and pointed to separate investigations that estimated damage worth $13.3 billion resulting from tailings from the mine. Freeport has denied it breached Indonesia’s environmental rules ...

Without spelling out precisely how the requirement should be met, Indonesia told Freeport that it would boost to 95 percent from half the amount of tailings that must be recovered from the river ...