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Thousands strike again at Freeport’s mine in Indonesia

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 23, 2012 | 3:09 pm Base Metals Precious Metals Europe Copper Gold 

Thousands of workers at Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc's  (NYSE:FCX) Indonesia unit stopped working on Thursday following an unsettled ongoing dispute with the organization, reports Reuters. This strike comes shortly after miners at Freeport Indonesia's Grasberg, the world's largest gold mine...

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