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        "id": 1677111,
        "msgid": "halted-temporarily-freeports-gbc-underground-mine-resumes-operations-1776167455",
        "date": "2026-04-14 18:20:00",
        "title": "Halted Temporarily, Freeport's GBC Underground Mine Resumes Operations",
        "author": "",
        "source": "CNBC",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Mining",
        "summary": "PT Freeport Indonesia has begun gradually restarting its Grasberg Block Cave (GBC) underground mine following a landslide incident in 2025, with a focus on recovery in the most affected Production Block 1. The company projects ore mining volumes to reach 139,000 tonnes per day in 2025, rising to 156,000 tonnes in 2026 and returning to normal levels of 200,000 tonnes by 2027. Metal production targets include 1.1 billion pounds of copper and 26 tonnes of gold in 2026, with all gold output allocated to PT Aneka Tambang Tbk (Antam), underscoring the mine's critical role in Indonesia's mining sector.",
        "content": "<p>PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) has begun gradually operating its\nGrasberg Block Cave (GBC) underground mine again after it was halted due\nto a landslide incident in 2025. President Director of Freeport\nIndonesia, Tony Wenas, stated that the company is currently focusing on\nthe recovery process, particularly in Production Block 1, which was the\nmost severely affected by the incident. Meanwhile, mining activities in\nProduction Block 2 and Production Block 3 in the GBC area have already\ncommenced on a limited basis. \u201cAnd the plan is to ramp up from May until\nthe first quarter of 2027, when we will begin operating Production Block\n1, which is indeed high grade,\u201d Tony said during a Working Meeting with\nCommission VII of the House of Representatives, on Monday (13\/4\/2026).\nFrom a production perspective, the company projects ore mining volume to\nreach 139,000 tonnes per day in 2025 and increase to 156,000 tonnes per\nday in 2026. Production is then expected to return to normal levels of\naround 200,000 tonnes of ore per day in 2027 and continue until 2029.\n\u201cAnd in 2027, we will be able to achieve production of around 200,000\ntonnes of ore per day, which is our normal production level, and so on\nuntil 2029 and beyond,\u201d he said. For metal production, in 2026 the\ncompany targets 1.1 billion pounds of copper and around 26 tonnes of\ngold. All of this gold production is planned to be absorbed by PT Aneka\nTambang Tbk (Antam). \u201cThen the work plan for 2027 will increase to 1.5\nbillion pounds of copper metal and gold could reach 39 tonnes or 1.3\nmillion ounces. In 2028, it will reach even higher levels of 1.7 billion\npounds of copper and 43 tonnes of gold and so on,\u201d Tony said.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/halted-temporarily-freeports-gbc-underground-mine-resumes-operations-1776167455",
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