JAKARTA, Oct 14 (Reuters) - A fire has broken out on
Monday in Freeport Indonesia's Manyar smelter in Gresik, East
Java province, a company spokesperson said, adding that fire
fighters are currently trying to put the blaze out.
The $3.7 billion copper smelter was completed in June and
was expected to produce first batch of output in September,
however due to water and steam leakage during an initial test
period, production will be delayed until November, Reuters
reported last month.
"A fire broke out at the PTFI smelter sulfuric acid
factory on Monday October 14 at 1745 (GMT+7)," Freeport
Indonesia spokesperson Katri Krisnati said, adding that no
casualties were reported.
The smelter has annual input capacity of 1.7 million
metric tons of copper concentrate, which could produce around
900,000 tons of copper cathode, 50 tons of gold and 210 tons of
silver a year.