Reuters/Fathin Ungku and Ernest Scheyder/10-10-2020
“The tensions expose the balancing act to maintain output at full blast, while containing COVID-19 in mines like Grasberg, the world’s largest gold mine and second-largest copper mine.”
USAGOLD note: One would think that the problems at Freeport-McMoRan’s Glasberg mine in Indonesia are not peculiar to that operation alone. That is why we decided to post this article for your review. At some point, the problems of governing COVID-19 and staying in operation collide – and impact the global supply-demand balance.
