Remote locations, labor unrest, violence—this is the fracturing foundation on which the mine’s owner, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, is building its future. “These issues have posed risks for the company throughout its over 40 years of operations in Papua,” Freeport’s CEO, Richard Adkerson, says .......
For Freeport the surge in illegal miners adds the risk that they will start using mercury for extraction, posing a severe health risk to themselves and to the river system. Some gold shops already use mercury.
http://ramumine.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/cave-in-freeport-mcmoran-digs-a-heap-of-trouble-in-indonesia/
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