Freeport Indonesia ramps up COVID-19 testing
2020-05-14 13:51:23 [Print]
PT Freeport Indonesia, operator of the world's second-biggest copper mine, is to conduct extensive testing among its employees after COVID-19 cases in the area where the mine operates topped 100.
It said on Wednesday it had around 50,000 rapid and polymerase chain reaction test kits on site.
COVID-19 infections in Mimika Regency, where Freeport's gold and copper Grasberg mine is located on Papua island, reached 112 cases as of last Sunday.
"To help keep its over 25,000 employee and contractor workforce safe, PT Freeport Indonesia's medical providers are doing extensive testing," the company said in the statement.
The increase in cases has also prompted the head of the municipality to urge the president to have Freeport temporarily close the mine. Operations at the mine, however, have not been disrupted, Riza Pratama, a spokesman for Freeport Indonesia revealed.
It said on Wednesday it had around 50,000 rapid and polymerase chain reaction test kits on site.
COVID-19 infections in Mimika Regency, where Freeport's gold and copper Grasberg mine is located on Papua island, reached 112 cases as of last Sunday.
"To help keep its over 25,000 employee and contractor workforce safe, PT Freeport Indonesia's medical providers are doing extensive testing," the company said in the statement.
The increase in cases has also prompted the head of the municipality to urge the president to have Freeport temporarily close the mine. Operations at the mine, however, have not been disrupted, Riza Pratama, a spokesman for Freeport Indonesia revealed.
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