IRVING, Texas, Nov 5 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that its joint venture with Petrosea – Fluor Petrosea Joint Organization (FPJO) – has been selected by PT Freeport Indonesia to install a new grinding mill at its Grasberg copper and gold mining district in Papua, Indonesia. Fluor booked its undisclosed portion of the contract in the third quarter of 2021.
FPJO will construct a third semi-autogenous grinding (SAG) mill adjacent to the existing milling facilities as the mining district continues to ramp up underground production primarily from the Deep Mill Level Zone and Grasberg Block Cave mines following completion of mining in the open pit in 2019. With the additional SAG mill, the milling capacity will be approximately 240,000 tonnes per day.