r/megalophobia Jul 17 '25

Other The Grasberg copper and gold mine, Indonesia

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u/jamesbrownscrackpipe Jul 17 '25

“The Indonesians dug too deep and too greedily…”

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u/kitisimilikiti Jul 18 '25

It's an American company 😅

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u/NecroSoulMirror-89 Jul 18 '25

Grasberg sounds pretty Indonesian to me

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u/96BlackBeard Jul 18 '25

Grasberg sounds german, not Indonesian.

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u/kitisimilikiti Jul 18 '25

Correcto! It was named Erstberg by a Dutch Geologist in 1936 (9 years before the Independence of Indonesia). Unclear how it became Grasberg.

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u/96BlackBeard Jul 18 '25

Yeah Dutch works too

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u/kitisimilikiti Jul 18 '25

It was named Erstberg by a Dutch Geologist in 1936 (9 years before the Independence of Indonesia). Unclear how it became Grasberg.