Freeport confirms all seven missing workers dead after Indonesia mine disaster

Operations at the Grasberg mine have been halted for nearly a month. - Reuters

(Reuters) -Miner Freeport said on Sunday that all seven workers who went missing after a mud-flow disaster at Indonesia's Grasberg copper and gold mine have been confirmed dead, following the discovery of five more bodies.

Around 800,000 metric tons of wet material flooded the mine on September 8, trapping seven workers.