Freeport to restore large-scale output at Indonesia's Grasberg mine in 2026


Grasberg is one of the world's largest copper and gold deposits and a key asset for Freeport. - The Jakarta Post/ANN

JAKARTA: Copper miner Freeport-McMoRan said on Tuesday (Nov 18) it plans to restore large-scale production at Indonesia's Grasberg minerals district from the second quarter of 2026, following a fatal incident that forced operations to halt earlier this year.

Seven workers were killed when around 800,000 metric tonnes of wet material flooded the Grasberg Block Cave, one of the mines at the complex, on Sept 8.

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