Forensics specialists to probe shooting of Australian mining employee in Indonesia

September 23rd, 2009 RAIPUR - The Congress party Wednesday alleged that Chhattisgarh's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was backing illegal diamond mining in Raipur district and said it had formed a panel to conduct an inquiry. "With reports coming of mass illegal diamond mining backed by the state government, Congress has formed a six-member party panel to visit the diamond-rich Pailikhand area in Raipur district to make an on-the-spot probe this week and report back to the party," Congress general secretary Ramesh Varlyani told IANS.

September 10th, 2009 JAKARTA - Indonesia warned Thursday that the move by Australian police to open a war crimes investigation into the deaths of five journalists allegedly killed by Indonesian troops in East Timor in 1975 could hurt ties between the two countries. An Australian coroner's inquiry two years ago concluded the five were deliberately killed by Indonesian soldiers to prevent news of Jakarta's invasion of East Timor from leaking out.

August 16th, 2009 Gunmen fire at bus at US mine in IndonesiaJAKARTA, Indonesia — Gunmen fired Sunday at a bus carrying employees of U.S. mining giant Freeport in eastern Indonesia, injuring five, police and a news report said, in the latest in a series of attacks near the world's largest gold mine that have killed three people.

August 12th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Orissa's vigilance department Wednesday arrested at least eight people, including mining officials and a mine owner, for their involvement in illegal mining in the state, an official said. "We have arrested eight people for their involvement in illegal mining," Vigilance Department Director Anup Kumar Patnaik told IANS.

July 20th, 2009 2 mining company workers recovering after bombingDENVER — A spokesman says two mining company employees are doing fine but remain hospitalized with injuries suffered during suicide bombings at two Indonesian hotels. Bill Collier, a spokesman for Phoenix-based Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., said the two senior employees are being treated in Singapore.

July 16th, 2009 Indonesia to send more police to Freeport mineJAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia is deploying police special forces to U.S.-based Freeport's gold mine — the world's largest — after a wave of shootings at the remote facility, a police official said Thursday. The attacks along a road to the mine that began Saturday mark the worst violence to hit Freeport's operations in restive eastern Papua province since the murder of three teachers, including two Americans, in August 2002.

July 15th, 2009 2 police wounded in new attack near Indonesia mineJAKARTA, Indonesia — Gunmen fired at police near the gold mining operations of U.S. company Freeport in the Indonesian province of Papua on Wednesday, wounding two officers, official said.

July 12th, 2009 Guard for US miner Freeport shot dead in IndonesiaJAKARTA, Indonesia — Gunmen killed a security guard working for U.S. mining conglomerate Freeport on Sunday, then ambushed police responding to the attack blamed on separatist rebels in one of Indonesia's most underdeveloped and remote regions.

July 12th, 2009 Freeport: Guard killed near Indonesian mineJAKARTA, Indonesia — A security guard working for U.S. mining giant Freeport was killed and five other people were injured when their vehicles came under attack Sunday in Indonesia's restive Papua province, a company official said.

July 12th, 2009 Freeport: Security guard killed in IndonesiaJAKARTA, Indonesia — A U.S. mining company says a security guard has been killed and five people injured in a shooting near its Indonesian mining operations.

July 12th, 2009 Officials say shooting breaks out near Papua mineJAKARTA, Indonesia — Shooting broke out Sunday between Indonesian security forces and suspected rebels in Papua, near to where an Australian employee of the U.S. mining giant Freeport was killed a day earlier, police and company officials said.

July 11th, 2009 American shot dead at Freeport mine in IndonesiaJAKARTA, Indonesia — Unknown assailants shot and killed a 29-year-old American working at Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.'s mine in Indonesia's restive Papua province on Saturday. The employee died after "a shot was fired" at a vehicle near the mine at dawn, Freeport said in a statement sent to The Associated Press.

July 11th, 2009 Australian shot dead at Freeport mine in IndonesiaJAKARTA, Indonesia — An Australian working for U.S. mining giant Freeport in Indonesia's restive Papua province was shot and killed Saturday, possibly by a sniper, police and company officials said.

June 11th, 2009 Oz Minerals shareholders OK sale to Chinese buyerSYDNEY — Australian miner Oz Minerals Ltd. said Thursday its shareholders have approved a plan to sell most of its assets to a Chinese buyer days after a Chinese plan to invest in Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto collapsed.

June 9th, 2009 EU steel makers seek probe into BHP-Rio dealBRUSSELS — European steel makers called Tuesday for European Union antitrust regulators to probe a joint mining project between the world's No. 2 and No. 3 iron ore miners BHP Billiton Ltd and Rio Tinto PLC.