Linde has invested $120m in Indonesia’s largest air separation unit (ASU) in southeast Asia to supply industrial gases to Indonesian mining company PT Freeport Indonesia.
Announced today (29th October), the plant installation will support the supply of oxygen and nitrogen to PT Freeport Indonesia’s new copper smelter and refining facility in Manyar, one of the largest copper processing sites globally.
The plant will also supply liquefied industrial gases to both new and existing bulk customers in East Java.
Moloy Banerjee, President of ASEAN & South Asia at Linde, highlighted the key role that industrial gases play in copper smelting, noting the increased demand for copper globally.
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