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Article

23 Sep 2005

Author:
Robert Bryce, Austin Chronicle [USA]

Written in Stone

Today, the long-standing abuses at the Grasberg mine [in West Papua, Indonesia, operated by Freeport-McMoRan] reportedly continue unabated... [refers to concerns over environment, security & payments to government officials in connection with Grasberg mine] [On Freeport's] Web site, www.fcx.com, the company says that it has "made strong unequivocal commitments to human rights"... [also refers to Marathon Oil, Amerada Hess, Devon Energy, ExxonMobil, Newmont]