Director General of Mineral and Coal (Dirjen Minerba) of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources Tri Winarno said this was intended to determine the cause of the landslide in the underground copper mine.
"We ask them to evaluate the collapse. Don't let it happen again. Is there any more potential," said Tri, Thursday, October 9.
Tri also asked PTFI to involve former employees who had worked in underground mines and to know for sure the geotechnic structure.
"We ask PT Freeport to involve former employees. Later, based on the investigation, we will evaluate it first from him. Then we will investigate, send mining inspectors. Especially the mining inspectors yesterday, we will fully send them," he explained.
Meanwhile, regarding the imposition of sanctions, Tri ensured that sanctions would be considered after the evaluation process was completed. Tri admitted that he sent a mine inspector to investigate the cause of the fire and participate in the evaluation process.
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Previously Freeport Mc-MoRan (FCX) reported that in the landslide incident on GBC, there was a flow of wet material of 800,000 originating from the former Grasberg open mine. The landslide material quickly spread to several mining levels, including the level of mining services where the seven employees carried out development activities.
Freeport also revealed that GBC's underground mining operation will return to normal in 2027.
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