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Freeport can't say when Indonesia mine to reopen, confirms 28 dead

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold Inc said it will not restart production at the world's second-largest copper mine in Indonesia after a tunnel collapse that killed 28 workers until it is convinced of the mine's safety.Full story

Many Plains Exploration holders seek buyout stock

Mining company Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, which is on the process of acquiring Plains Exploration & Production Co., said Thursday that about 46 percent of that company's shareholders have elected to receive stock for their shares, while 29 percent have chosen to receive cash. Full story

Plains CEO urges shareholders to back Freeport deal

(Reuters) - The chief executive of Plains Exploration & Production Co <PXP.N> urged shareholders on Monday to vote in favor of Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc's <FCX.N> proposed takeover of the energy company. Full story

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Freeport McMoran Chief Executive Richard Adkerson chats with Indonesian Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Jero Wacik during a news conference after their meeting in Jakarta
Freeport McMoran Chief Executive Richard Adkerson chats with Indonesian Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Jero Wacik during a news conference after their meeting in Jakarta

Freeport McMoran Chief Executive Richard Adkerson chats with Indonesian Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Jero Wacik during a news conference after their meeting in Jakarta May 22, 2013. REUTERS/Enny Nuraheni

Workers from Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc gather during a protest near the mining area in Tembagapura
Workers from Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc gather during a protest near the mining area in Tembagapura

Workers from Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc gather during a protest over an accident where 39 workers attending an underground training were trapped when a tunnel collapsed, at Mile 72, near the mining area in Tembagapura of Papua province May 15, 2013. REUTERS/Stringer

Workers take part in the rescue effort after a classroom collapsed in Big Gossan at the Grasberg complex in remote West Papua province
Workers take part in the rescue effort after a classroom collapsed in Big Gossan at the Grasberg complex in remote West Papua province

Workers take part in the rescue effort after a classroom collapsed in Big Gossan at the Grasberg complex in remote West Papua province in this May 15, 2013 picture provided by PT Freeport Indonesia. Operations at Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc's Indonesian mine remained halted for a second day,

Workers crowd round an ambulance shortly after a survivor was rescued from the debris after a classroom collapsed in Big Gossan at the Grasberg complex in remote West Papua province
Workers crowd round an ambulance shortly after a survivor was rescued from the debris after a classroom collapsed in Big Gossan at the Grasberg complex in remote West Papua province

Workers crowd round an ambulance shortly after a survivor was rescued from the debris after a classroom collapsed in Big Gossan at the Grasberg complex in remote West Papua province in this May 15, 2013 picture provided by PT Freeport Indonesia. Operations at Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc's Ind