Freeport Indonesia hopes to get copper export permit soon
An official from Indonesia's mining ministry said they were evaluating the request. The firm now has 400,000 tonnes of copper concentrate in inventory ready for export upon receiving the permit. "We have five to six vessels on standby, once the export recommendation is issued hopefully customs would allow us to load the shipment and when the export permit is issued it can sail," Wenas added.
Freeport had said its mining operation was running at 40 per cent capacity because of rising stockpiles.
