Deep in the rugged mountains of Papua, Indonesia, one of the most astonishing mining operations on Earth continues to shape the global metals market. The Grasberg Mine, often referred to as the ...

The Grasberg mine in Indonesia is the world's largest and richest gold mine, producing 48 tonnes of gold a year, and has reserves worth an estimated $40 billion.

Some mines produce only a small amount of gold each ... For decades, the mine’s most distinctive feature was its mile-wide open pit, but surface deposits have now been largely depleted, shifting ...

China has initiated the large-scale operation of its domestically developed 120-tonne pure-electric mining trucks in ...