JAKARTA -- Freeport Indonesia, a copper mining company, commissioned on Thursday its much-anticipated new copper smelter in East Java, which will more than triple its production of copper cathode as demand for the metal booms for use in electric vehicles and renewable power plants.
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Freeport Indonesia fires up $3.7bn East Java copper smelter
World's biggest facility will triple company's output as EV demand grows
Freeport Indonesia commissioned the world's largest copper smelter in East Java on June 27. (Screenshot from YouTube)
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