Amamapare is a port in

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'' refer to it as a port town. It is an important industrial centre and slurry containing copper-gold concentrate is delivered by three pipelines from

Grasberg mine The Grasberg mine has one of the largest reserves of gold and copper in the world. It is located in Mimika Regency, Central Papua, Indonesia near Puncak Jaya. It is operated by PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI, ''see below''), a joint venture be ...

over 70 miles away. In Amamapare it is dewatered, filtered and dried and then shipped to smelters around the world.Mining Technology
/ref> The facilities at the port also include a coal-fired power station, which supplies the Grasberg operations.

Climate

Amamapare has a

tropical rainforest climate A tropical rainforest climate, humid tropical climate or equatorial climate is a tropical climate sub-type usually found within 10 to 15 degrees latitude of the equator. There are some other areas at higher latitudes, such as the coast of southea ...

(Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.

References

External links

Port of Amamapare
in

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