Papua Government, Freeport to build cement factory

Jayapura, Papua (ANTARA News) - PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) and Papua`s provincial government are to build a cement factory using the giant US-based copper and mining company`s tailings waste as feedstock, a PTFI spokesman said.

The cement factory project would be carried out based on a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by Papua Governor Barnabas Suebu and PTFI President Director Armando Mahler some time ago, PTFI spokeksman Mindo Pangaribuan said here Wednesday.

"The aim of building the factory is to help process PTFI`s tailings into cement products. Actually, some of PTFI`s tailings is already being used in various projects in Timika. The waste can also be used in other places for infrastructure development," he said.

Mindo was unable to give more details on the project such as when and where the plant would be set up, saying these matters were for the provincial government to decide. (*)
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