Amamapare
Amamapare | |
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Town | |
  Amamapare Location of the village in Indonesian Papua | |
| Coordinates: 4°53′S 136°48′E / 4.883°S 136.800°E | |
| Country |  Indonesia |
| Province | Papua |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (Indonesia Eastern Standard Time) |
| Climate | Af |
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
- ^ Family Reference Atlas of the World (Second Edition). National Geographic. p. 189.
- ^ Mining Technology
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