Three cargo ships at Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold's port in Indonesia's Papua are waiting for concentrate supplies following a strike that has paralysed operations at its giant copper and gold mine, shipping sources said on Monday, Reuters reports. These comprised a ship bound for Spain that was meant to be carrying 45,000 tonnes of concentrate and was stuck at sea near Timika, another 20,000-tonne cargo vessel for PT Smelting's copper smelter on Indonesia's Java island, and an 11,000-tonne cargo bound for China, said the sources, who declined to be identified.
Freeport Indonesia declined to comment further on Monday, having said last week that concentrate shipments from the Grasberg mine were not affected by the strike.
Eyewitnesses said there was little activity seen at the port, and two ships delivering fuel and food to Freeport's operations were also stuck at the remote Papua port because most workers there had joined the strike.
Freeport Indonesia declined to comment further on Monday, having said last week that concentrate shipments from the Grasberg mine were not affected by the strike.
Eyewitnesses said there was little activity seen at the port, and two ships delivering fuel and food to Freeport's operations were also stuck at the remote Papua port because most workers there had joined the strike.