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Freeport Denies Collapsed Tunnel Report
Freeport Denies Collapsed Tunnel Report
PT Freeport Indonesia spokesperson Daisy
Primayanti has denied media reports that said
another
tunnel collapsed at one of the company's mines.
'Wet ore material or wet muck flowed from an ore bin covering a truck and its operator, she said in a statement.
She said the company found strong indication that the circumstances involved in this incident were inconsistent with the company's established safety protocols for handling wet muck.
She went on to say that the event was not the result of a collapsing tunnel, citing that it 'has been incorrectly reported by several online media outlets and thus 'does not in any way reflect upon the integrity of the mine.
Separately, the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry's mineral director, Dede Indra Suhendra, told The Jakarta Post in a telephone interview that the government had sent a mining inspector to Papua immediately to investigate Friday's incident.
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