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Freeport to invest in Indonesian copper smelter

Freeport McMoRan plans to invest about US$2 billion to build a copper smelter in Indonesia

Ailbhe Goodbody
The open pit at Freeport McMoran's Grasberg copper and gold mine

The open pit at Freeport McMoran's Grasberg copper and gold mine

Indonesia wants to take the country further up the value chain as part of a strategy to modernise its economy and generate additional employment. The US company that owns the giant Grasberg copper-gold...

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