Minister has received result of investigation of PTFI accident
Tuesday, June 18 2013 - 01:32 AM WIB
By Bambang Atmaja
Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Jero Wacik said on Monday that he has already received the report of investigation by independent experts on the collapse of a tunnel in the underground training facility at the mine of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. in Papua, Indonesia.
"I have just received the report just now," Jero told Petromindo.com at the State Palace on Monday.
Independent experts from Bandung Institute of Technology carried out the probe after the accident on May 14 that killed 28 people.
The government ordered Freeport to close the production activity at all of the firm after the accident.
Editing by Adianto P. Simamora