Amamapare

Amamapare
—  Town  —
Amamapare
Location of the village in West Papua
Amamapare
Location of the village in Indonesia
Coordinates:
Country  Indonesia
Province Papua
Regency
Time zone WIB (UTC+7)

Amamapare is a port town in Papua, Indonesia.[1]It is an important industrial centre and slurry containing copper-gold concentrate is delivered by three pipelines from Grasberg mine over 70 miles away. In Amamapare it is dewatered, filtered and dried and then shipped to smelters around the world.[2] The facilities at the port also include a coal-fired power station, which supplies the Grasberg operations.

References

  1. ^ Family Reference Atlas of the World (Second Edition). National Geographic. p. 189. 
  2. ^ Mining Technology