The global wave of organized resistance to multinational mining companies continues with a strike at Freeport McMoran in West Papua Workers employed by mining multinational Freeport McMoran in the Indonesian province of West Papua struck from 18 to 21 April, gaining a 100 percent wage increase among other concessions. 6,000 workers at Grasberg, the world’s second largest copper and gold mine, slowed production – resulting in estimated losses of $11.32 million for the New Orleans based company.