Wärtsilä to power Grasberg expansion
The power plant will be built in Amamapare, PT Freeport Indonesia's port and processing site in Papua, with the electricity fed to the Grasberg mine via a 100-km transmission line. Grasberg is located in the remote highlands of the Sudirman Mountain Range and has no grid access.
New Wärtsilä 128 MW plant to help power Grasberg …
A consortium consisting of Wärtsilä and PT PP will install, construct and commission the power plant. The plant will be located at Amamapare, PT Freeport …
Grasberg mine
The Grasberg Mine is the largest gold mine and the third largest copper mine in the world. It is located in the province of Papua in Indonesia near Puncak Jaya, the highest mountain in Papua. It has 19,500 employees. It is mostly owned by FreeportMcMoRan (FCX), which owns 90.64 of PT Freeport Indo
Major Drilling at Grasberg
On May 4, Major Drilling announced that P.T. Pontil Indonesia, a wholly owned subsidiary, had been awarded a three-year extension to its existing contract to supply surface and underground exploration drilling at P.T. Freeport Indonesia's Grasberg mine, the world's lrgest gold mine, in the Province of West Papua.
INDONESIA | Freeport-McMoRan
Through its subsidiary, PT-FI, FCX mines one of the world's largest copper and gold deposits in the Grasberg minerals district in Papua, Indonesia. In addition to copper and gold, PT-FI produces silver. FCX has a 48.76 percent interest in PT-FI and manages its mining operations. PT-FI's results are consolidated in FCX's financial statements.
Grasberg minerals district
Zone (DMLZ), and Big Gossan (BG). The Grasberg minerals district also includes Kucing Liar (KL), which began development in 2021. The Deep Ore Zone (DOZ) ceased production at the end of 2021 and Grasberg open-pit (GRS_OP) in 2019. The mine operates 365 days per year on a 24 hour per day schedule. Mining and ore
Grasberg mine's riches still a distant glitter for Papuan …
A map of the Grasberg mine in Papua. Image by AK Rockefeller/flickr. Sharing the wealth. In 2016 alone, Freeport's Indonesian operations generated $3.8 billion in revenue for the parent company.
New Wärtsilä 128 MW plant to help power Grasberg …
The mine operates on a 60 Hz power supply. The new plant is needed to provide the necessary power as the customer extends operations from open pit to underground mining of one of the world's largest copper and gold deposits. ... "We have completed open pit mining at the Grasberg minerals district, and are now developing …
Freeport to yield control of giant Grasberg copper mine to Indonesia
The company has greed to reduce its stake in the Grasberg mine to 49% in exchange for licenses to operate the massive copper and gold pit until 2041.
Indonesia's Inalum to acquire majority stake in Grasberg copper mine
Indonesia's state mining company PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium (Inalum) has signed a non-binding agreement with Anglo-Australian mining firm Rio Tinto and Freeport-McMoRan to acquire controlling stake in giant Grasberg copper mine in …
Grasberg Minerals District
operating performance and mine life of the Grasberg minerals district mines. ... prices for fuel, steel, power, labor, and other consumables and components contributing to higher costs; constraints on supply and logistics, and transportation services; changes in cash requirements, financial position, financing or investment plans; changes ...
UPDATE 1-Freeport Indonesia says Grasberg mine …
(Adds details) JAKARTA, March 1 (Reuters) - Copper miner Freeport Indonesia has restored operations at its huge Grasberg mine in Indonesia's Papua region, after it was hit by floods, a company ...
Wärtsilä to add 128 MW of flexible baseload power to …
A consortium consisting of Wärtsilä and PT PP will install, construct and commission the power plant. The plant will be located at Amamapare, PT Freeport …
Tambang Grasberg
Tambang Grasberg Tambang Grasberg dilihat dari luar angkasa. Tambang Grasberg adalah tambang emas terbesar di dunia dan tambang tembaga ketiga terbesar di dunia. Tambang ini terletak di Kabupaten Mimika, Papua Tengah, Indonesia, dekat latitude -4,053 dan longitude 137,116.. Tambang ini dimiliki dan dioperasikan oleh PT Freeport …
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The socio-ecological impacts of large scale resource extraction are frequently underreported in underdeveloped regions. The open-pit Grasberg mine in Papua, Indonesia, is one of the world's ...
Indonesia's Freeport to build $1 billion gas-fired power plant …
October 24, 2023. JAKARTA – Gold and copper mining giant PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) has announced plans to invest approximately US$1 billion in a new power plant to shift from coal as an energy source to the less-polluting liquefied natural gas (LNG).. The investment is to be used for the construction of a 265-megawatt gas-fired combined …
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The district includes the following operating underground mines: Grasberg Block Cave (GBC), Deep Mill Level Zone (DMLZ), and Big Gossan (BG). The Grasberg minerals district also includes Kucing Liar (KL), which began development in 2021. ... The Grasberg minerals district electrical power is supplied by a 198MW coal-fired plant at portsite and ...
New milestones in Grasberg underground move
In June, at the DMLZ underground mine, located east of the Grasberg orebody and below the Deep Ore Zone (DOZ) mine, undercutting commenced on the second production block to establish two large blocks for ore extraction. In 2022, PT-FI expects to produce from three blocks in mine, spanning 200,000m 2.
Grasberg Mine
The elevators at the Grasberg mine, Indonesia beats several records. They are both the highest situated and the deepest Alimak elevators ever installed. The Grasberg mine is the world's largest gold mine and the highest situated mine in the world. The Freeport-owned Grasberg mine in Papua province, Indonesia, is the world's largest gold mine, the […]
Grasberg Open Pit Copper Mine, Tembagapura, Irian Jaya, …
The workings comprise an open-pit mine, an underground mine and four concentrators. The open-pit mine, which forms a mile-wide crater at the surface, is a high-volume low-cost operation, producing more than 67 million tonnes of ore and providing more than 75% of the mill feed …
Geomechanics considerations in the Grasberg pit to …
mine planners in optimizing the mine plan and in transitioning from open-pit to underground production. 1 Introduction The mines of the Ertsberg District, in the province of West Papua in Indonesia, are operated by P.T. Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) under contract to the Republic of Indonesia. The Grasberg Mine is located in the Ertsberg
Freeport Taps Wärtsilä for 128-MW Plant for Grasberg | E & MJ
PT Freeport Indonesia selected Wärtsilä Corp. to provide a 128-megawatt (MW) power plant for its Grasberg mine at the Amamapare port in Papau, Indonesia. The contract …
Grasberg Open-Pit Mine
At the Grasberg open-pit mine the primary equipment used are drills, shovels, and large trucks to extract materials. Materials referred to are classified as ore and overburden, depending on their economic value. Shovels dig up material from different areas in the open-pit mine, and load the material onto trucks to be hauled out of the open-pit ...
Freeport fights for future of Grasberg mine
Freeport, the Phoenix-based mining company, is . locked in a dispute with the government over its contract to operate in the country — and in turn whether the Grasberg mine will ever be ...
Grasberg Block Cave Underground Mine
The Grasberg Block Cave targets the same ore body that was historically mined from the surface as part of the Grasberg open-pit mining operation. Discovered …
Grasberg Block Cave Underground Mine
The Grasberg Block Cave mine targets the deeper copper-gold located under the Grasberg open-pit mine that was operational since 1990 till it was transitioned into an underground mine in 2019. The underground mine development involves the installation of an automated rail system on four levels of the mine for transporting ore to …
Rio Tinto sells Grasberg stake for $3.5bn
Rio Tinto. has agreed to sell its interest in Grasberg, the world's second-biggest copper mine, for $3.5bn, a deal that would open its share register to a wider range of investors.
Freeport-McMoRan: Bullish Copper Outlook Driven By Grasberg Operation
As Grasberg Open Pit approaches its final mining phase (as supported by decreasing rate in 2019), FCX is ramping up production in the underground mines, except for DOZ Underground Mine, a mature ...
Great Deposits – Grasberg Part 3 – Mining and Engineering
There were no roads, no power, no facilities and the only element of abundance was water, which came in the form of rain at some 12 feet per year. ... In 1990 the open pit mine at the Grasberg Porphyry Cu-Au deposit was initiated. That reserve will be mined out in 2015 and operations will focus on the underground portions of the …
A Look Inside the 3rd PTFI SAG Mill That Adds More Power …
During the fourth-quarter of 2019, PTFI completed mining the final phase of the Grasberg open pit. The mine has transitioned to large-scale underground mining, achieving important milestones in ramping-up production of large-scale quantities of copper and gold from its significant underground ore bodies.