* Q3 EPS of $1.31, revenue $4.6 billion * Results miss Wall Street estimates * Stock falls 5 percent in premarket trade (Adds quotes, stock drop, byline) By Steve James NEW YORK, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc said on Tuesday that third-quarter profit fell sharply as meta

Cenderawasih Pos, 16 September 2008 Jakarta: Although Freeport has been operating for more than forty years in Papua, the local communities still have problems with the company. Seven Amungme Papuans from the villages of Tsinga, Waa-Banti, Aroanop in the sub-district of Tembagapura, Timika went to t

Tuesday, September 16, 2008 Markus Makur, The Jakarta Post, Timika The explosion at an electricity main station near an airport in Timika, Papua, on Sunday evening was part of a plan to sabotage vital installations belonging to PT Freeport Indonesia, a senior police officer said Monday. Papua Police

Police directed to arrest OPM rebels The National (PNG), January 31, 2003, By Colin Taimbari The National Government, through the Chief Secretary Joshua Kalinoe, has requested Police Commissioner Sam Inguba to arrest any known OPM operatives in refugee camps in Vanimo, Sandaun province. A governmen

Courier Mail Greg Poulgrain 04nov02 THE head of the Indonesian military, General Endriartono Sutarto, has been accused of discussing a plan for “violent action against Freeport” before an ambush in which an Indonesian and two American teachers were killed on August 31, US intelligence so