Emeute ouvrière : un mort durant la grève des mineurs de Grasberg (Papouasie) – 9 octobre 2011
Striker Is Killed in Clash at Freeport Mine in Indonesia
wsj.com
By ERIC BELLMAN And I-MADE SENTANA
OCTOBER 11, 2011
JAKARTA, Indonesia—A strike turned deadly at a giant Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. mine in Indonesia, with one striker killed and more than 10 other people injured in a morning clash between laborers and police.
Thousands of employees of the Phoenix-based company’s Grasberg mine, deep in the mountains of Indonesia’s eastern-most province of Papua, have been on strike since Sept. 15, demanding higher wages.
The casualties occurred when striking workers attempted to keep replacement workers from going to work Monday and police tried to protect them, said Papua police spokesman Lt. Col. Wachyono, who, like many Indonesians, uses one name.
« Police officers fired warning shots into the air after the striking workers, who are protesting over wages, pelted the police with stones, » he said. He said police were investigating how the striker was killed. « Anything can happen when you have an angry mob of 3,000 in a riot with a hundred police officers, » he said. Six police officers were injured, he said.
Union leader Manuel Maniambo said thousands of striking workers were trying to prevent replacement workers from reaching the mine and that others were upset to hear that their barracks, with their belongings still inside, had been taken over. When blocked by security forces, striking miners became angry, throwing rocks. The troops responded with gunfire, he said.
The violence was the latest in a region known for unrest and could sour labor relations further at what is widely seen in the industry as one of the world’s most profitable mines. Read more…
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Informations
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. est une société américaine basée à Phoenix dans l’Arizona. Opérant dans le secteur minier, elle est l’un des principaux producteurs mondiaux de cuivre et d’or. Elle détient et exploite la mine de Grasberg située en Indonésie et considérée comme le plus grand gisement au monde d’or, faisant de cette société le contribuable le plus important du gouvernement indonésien. Outre l’or et le cuivre, Freeport extrait aussi d’importantes quantités de molybdène et d’argent. La mine de Grasberg est la plus grande mine d’or et la troisième plus importante mine de cuivre au monde. Elle se situe dans la province indonésienne de Papouasie dans la partie occidentale de la Nouvelle-Guinée, à quelques kilomètres à l’ouest du Puncak Jaya, le plus haut sommet d’Océanie. Elle se trouve ainsi à près de 4 000 m d’altitude. Elle comporte une mine à ciel ouvert et une mine souterraine.
Timika est une ville de la province indonésienne de Papouasie, dans la partie occidentale de la Nouvelle-Guinée. C’est le chef-lieu du kabupaten de Mimika.
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