End the Freeport Contract

FREEPORT will have been mining in Papua for nearly half a century when its permit ends in 2021. Recently, the government asked the US-based company to increase its investment to US$18 billion, or approximately Rp250.3 trillion.

The Indonesian government claims it receives only a small portion of Freeport's profits in the form of royalties, dividends and taxes. Freeport, meanwhile, says 60 percent of its earnings goes to the government. In the last 22 years, they claim to have contributed around Rp214.76 trillion.

October 27, 2015

Tempo.co

Should the government terminate its contract with Freeport?
Yes
	(95,8%)	1.871
No
	(3,6%)	70
Unsure
	(0,6%)	12
Total	(100%)	1.953

FREEPORT will have been mining in Papua for nearly half a century when its permit ends in 2021. Recently, the government asked the US-based company to increase its investment to US$18 billion, or approximately Rp250.3 trillion. The Indonesian government claims

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