Indonesian misadventure: A US mining giant's clash

West Papuan tribesmen take on the operations of Freeport McMoran, the company that runs the world's largest goldmine and third-largest copper mine. The lessons for Papua New Guinea's resource developers are sobering. The three-day rebellion began after a vehicle driven by a Freeport emplo...

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Autor principal:	Eyal Press
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Asia Pacific Network 1996
Materias:	indigenous mining human rights West Papua Communication. Mass media P87-96 Journalism. The periodical press, etc. PN4699-5650
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:dea5e53dd8f74cbfb16e990ee25ca59a2021-12-02T08:57:11ZIndonesian misadventure: A US mining giant's clash10.24135/pjr.v3i2.5961023-94992324-2035https://doaj.org/article/dea5e53dd8f74cbfb16e990ee25ca59a1996-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/596https://doaj.org/toc/1023-9499https://doaj.org/toc/2324-2035 West Papuan tribesmen take on the operations of Freeport McMoran, the company that runs the world's largest goldmine and third-largest copper mine. The lessons for Papua New Guinea's resource developers are sobering. The three-day rebellion began after a vehicle driven by a Freeport employee accidentally struck a local tribesman, Wilenus Kogoya. Rumors spread that the man had been killed, whereupon hundreds of indigenous people armed with sticks, spears, and knives began attacking Freeport facilities, ransacking buildings, breaking windows, damaging an environmental lab and scores of company offices and homes. They eventually forced the temporary closure of both the mine in Tembagapura, and the local airport in neighboring Timika, where rioters rushed to meet the incoming plane of Freeport chief executive officer James Robert ("Jim Bob") Moffett. Eyal PressAsia Pacific Networkarticleindigenousmininghuman rightsWest PapuaCommunication. Mass mediaP87-96Journalism. The periodical press, etc.PN4699-5650ENPacific Journalism Review, Vol 3, Iss 2 (1996)
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description	West Papuan tribesmen take on the operations of Freeport McMoran, the company that runs the world's largest goldmine and third-largest copper mine. The lessons for Papua New Guinea's resource developers are sobering. The three-day rebellion began after a vehicle driven by a Freeport employee accidentally struck a local tribesman, Wilenus Kogoya. Rumors spread that the man had been killed, whereupon hundreds of indigenous people armed with sticks, spears, and knives began attacking Freeport facilities, ransacking buildings, breaking windows, damaging an environmental lab and scores of company offices and homes. They eventually forced the temporary closure of both the mine in Tembagapura, and the local airport in neighboring Timika, where rioters rushed to meet the incoming plane of Freeport chief executive officer James Robert ("Jim Bob") Moffett.
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Indonesian misadventure: A US mining giant's clash

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