This is a preliminary draft of a bibliography writings and other materials associated with the operations of PT. Freeport Indonesia, which operates in the Province of Irian Jaya, Indonesia. The bibliography is still very much in progress and will be updated and revised over the next few years.  It has been developed initially as a personal research tool and thus betrays a number of idiosyncracies in terms of its scope, range of sources and format:

Scope

The bibliography is limited to the operations of PT. Freeport Indonesia, which currently consist of mining and exploration activities in the province of Irian Jaya (by both Freeport and its wholly owned subsidiary, PT. Eastern Irja Minerals), and the construction of a smelter facility at Greik in Java (PT. Smelting Company). Separate bibliographies (not included here) cover the two communities indigenous to Freeport’s original “Contract of Work A” area, the highland Amungme and lowland Kamoro.

A number of topics are either only cursorily addressed or specifically excluded in this bibliography.  No attempt has been made to cover the geological literature in any exhaustive way - for the large part, geological items are included only where they are of a general or review nature.  There is also little coverage of the service industries relating to the mineral resource sector, such as construction, catering and other support businesses.  Finally, private documents and those that are restricted to internal circulation within governments, companies or other agencies, are not included in this bibliography, unless they have been deposited in the public domain (e.g. in a public library or on a website).

Range of Sources
The range of sources used thus far is largely a reflection of what I have been able to lay my hands (or eyes) upon, while based largely in Canberra.  There are thus a disproportionate number of items from Australian sources (rather than Indonesian, American or European for example), though this emphasis does also reflect the actual distribution of relevant material.  The significant absence of Indonesian material is something that I hope to remedy over time as my knowledge of Indonesian sources improves.

Sources consulted include monographs, journals, magazines and daily newspapers, film, video, television and radio.  The full range of the political spectrum is addressed, ranging from literature produced by the mineral resource industry through to church, NGO and other activist sources - I leave it to users of this bibliography to decide what weight or credibility they might wish to accord to these different sources.

The time frame covered by the bibliography starts essentially with the discovery of the Ertsberg ore body by geologist Jean-Jacques Dozy in 1936.  The coverage is intended to become increasingly exhaustive, within the scope outlined above, up towards the present.  My aim, ultimately, is to attempt a thorough coverage of newspaper and other sources from at least 1988 (the year of the Grasberg discovery) to the present, extending over much of the current minerals boom in the region.

Format

Author's names are given in full (where the full name is known), whether or not the full name is given in the particular item listed.  Articles contained in monographs listed elsewhere in the bibliography refer only to the name(s) of the editor(s) and, where necessary, the date of publication of the monograph - full details for the monograph are listed under the editor(s) name(s).  Bold square brackets ([ ]) at the end of item references contain comments on the availability of the item ([nh ANU] = not held at the Australian National University).  Ordinary square brackets at the end of item references contain keywords used in cross-reference and in the compilation of project- or topic-specific bibliographies.

Where possible, I have attempted to sight all of the items listed in this bibliography.  Those items that I have not sighted, and which I cannot thus confirm as definitely within the stated scope of the bibliography or correct in all their details, are prefixed with an asterisk (*).  Asterisks within an item reference identify missing information (such as page numbers, places and dates of publication, or author initials).

The conventions and the abbreviations used for institutions and for journal sources are listed below.

Finally, comment on any aspect of this bibliography is welcome, as is notice of any significant omission.  Please contact me at: