TIMIKA, Indonesia: More than 1,000 Indonesian workers blocked access to the world's biggest gold mine on Monday (Aug 24) in protest at a company move to shut down visits to their families over virus concerns.
The miners demonstrated at the main entrance to the Grasberg complex – also a major copper mine – in Indonesia's easternmost Papua region, as the workers and US-based operator Freeport held talks.
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The protest, which started early Monday morning, came in response to a company decision to cancel bus services to the city of Timika in response to fears about the spread of coronavirus infections.
"They're staging a peaceful protest and so far everything is under control. Nobody is acting violently," Tembagapura police chief Eduard Edison told AFP
Workers and management "haven't yet agreed on things and they are still negotiating", he added.
Freeport spokesman Riza Pratama said the company was "studying" the workers' demaRead More – Source
TIMIKA, Indonesia: More than 1,000 Indonesian workers blocked access to the world's biggest gold mine on Monday (Aug 24) in protest at a company move to shut down visits to their families over virus concerns.
The miners demonstrated at the main entrance to the Grasberg complex – also a major copper mine – in Indonesia's easternmost Papua region, as the workers and US-based operator Freeport held talks.
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The protest, which started early Monday morning, came in response to a company decision to cancel bus services to the city of Timika in response to fears about the spread of coronavirus infections.
"They're staging a peaceful protest and so far everything is under control. Nobody is acting violently," Tembagapura police chief Eduard Edison told AFP
Workers and management "haven't yet agreed on things and they are still negotiating", he added.
Freeport spokesman Riza Pratama said the company was "studying" the workers' demaRead More – Source
