Jakarta, Oct. 11 -- President Director of PT Freeport Indonesia Tony Wenas stated that the company's smelter in Gresik, East Java, has halted operations due to a lack of concentrate supply following a recent landslide at the Grasberg Block Cave (GBC) underground mine in Papua.

Speaking on the sidelines of the Indonesia International Sustainability Forum (IISF) in Jakarta on Saturday, Wenas explained that mining activities at the GBC site have been suspended since a wet ore mudslide occurred in the Extraction 28-30 Panel area of the underground mine in Tembagapura, Central Papua, on September 8.

"Right now, operations can be said to have stopped because there's no concentrate," Wenas told reporters.

Wenas explained that the operational ...