PT Freeport Indonesia's Smelter Exploded And Burned Violently.


A Fire Occurred At The Pt Freeport Indonesia (Ptfi) Smelter Or Manyar Smelter In The Java Integrated Industrial And Port Estate (Jiipe) Special Economic Zone (Kek), Gresik, East Java, On Monday, October 14 2024 Evening. This Incident Was Confirmed By Ptfi Vp Corporate Communications, Katri Krisnati.

"There Was A Fire At The Ptfi Smelter Sulfuric Acid Factory In The Gresik Kek, On ​​Monday, October 14 2024 At 17.45 Wib," Said Katri In His Written Statement Today.

Katri Said That The Freeport Emergency Response Team Had Handled The Fire. The Outage Is Ongoing At This Time.

He Also Confirmed That There Were No Casualties In The Incident. "There Were No Casualties In This Incident," He Said.

Currently, Fire Engines Are Still Passing Around Kek Jiipe Gresik.

However, Kantri Did Not Mention The Cause Of The Fire. They Are Still Investigating The Cause Of The Fire.

In The Video Spread In The Media, The Fire Was Also Accompanied By An Explosion And Thick Smoke Rising High. The Workers Were Seen Running Around.

PT FREEPORT INDONESIA (PTFI) is an affiliated mineral mining company of Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) and Mining Industry Indonesia (MIND ID).

PTFI mines and processes ore to produce concentrate containing copper, gold and silver.

The mine in the Grasberg mineral area, Papua - Indonesia is one of the largest copper and gold deposits in the world. where the shares of PT Freeport Indonesia are already under Indonesian control with a 51% stake.