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WALHI demands a halt to Freeport mine operations [West Papua]
Friends of the Earth Indonesia, (WALHI) demands the government halt operations at the Grasberg mine...following a disastrous landslide on Thursday morning 9 October 2003. The Grasberg mine in West Papua is jointly owned by USA-based Freeport McMoran and UK/Australian mining company Rio Tinto Ltd..."The government must immediately enforce a reduction in the Freeport production capacity”