Amamapare is a port and industrial centre in Mimika Regency, Central Papua, Indonesia; National Geographic refers to it as a port town. 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.Mining Technology There is a coal-fired power station at the port which supplies the Grasberg operations.
Climate Amamapare has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.
References
External links Port of Amamapare in Ministry of Transportation website