Freeport Mine Production After Landslide Reaches 50 Percent
PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) states that the production level at the mine after the landslide incident in the Grasberg Block Cave (GBC) underground mining area on 8 September 2025 has reached around 40-50 percent.
Freeport Indonesia targets operations to return to near 100 percent by the end of 2026 and achieve full production capacity in the early quarter of 2027.
PTFI President Director Tony Wenas emphasises that PTFI continues to strengthen safety aspects in the recovery of underground mining operations, as well as adding security personnel in the Grasberg area to ensure safe and sustainable production.
“We are committed to delivering safe, secured, and sustainable production, so that the maximum benefits can continue to be felt by the nation and state, as well as the communities around the operational area. We will continue to grow and develop together with the community until the end of mining operations,” said Tony in an official statement received in Malang, East Java, on Wednesday, 8 April 2026, as reported by Antara.
Throughout 2025, PTFI contributed approximately Rp70 trillion to the state in the form of taxes, royalties, dividends, and other revenues.
PTFI also continues to commit to providing direct benefits to communities around the operational area through various social investment programmes.
In 2025, Tony said, the value of PTFI’s social investment reached nearly Rp2 trillion and will continue to increase by around 100 million US dollars or equivalent to Rp1.5 trillion per year until the end of mining operations.
This commitment runs in parallel with the company’s contribution to creating jobs, with more than 30,000 employees, of which around 40 percent are indigenous Papuans.
Freeport Indonesia commemorated its 59th anniversary by remembering nine employees who died in incidents occurring over the past year.
In the series of commemoration activities, PTFI management paid respects to seven employees who died due to the wet material slide incident in the Grasberg Block Cave (GBC) underground mining area on 8 September 2025, as well as two employees who passed away due to two shooting incidents in February and March 2026.
“We hope that in the future such incidents will not happen again, whether landslides or shootings, or other events that could endanger safety,” said Tony.