WOKING, UK / ACCESSWIRE / October 29, 2024 / Linde (NASDAQ:LIN) announced it has started up the supply of industrial gases to PT Freeport Indonesia, a leading mining company in Indonesia and subsidiary of Freeport-McMoRan Inc.

Linde has invested $120 million to build, own and operate a new on-site air separation unit (ASU), the largest in Indonesia and Linde's largest ASU in southeast Asia. Linde's new plant is now supplying oxygen and nitrogen to PT Freeport Indonesia's new copper smelter and refining facility in Manyar, one of the largest copper processing sites in the world. Linde's new ASU will also supply liquefied industrial gases to new and existing bulk customers in East Java, increasing the company's network density.

"As demand for copper continues to increase globally, we are proud to support PT Freeport Indonesia's expansion," said Moloy Banerjee, President, ASEAN & South Asia, Linde. "Industrial gases help improve the efficiency of copper smelting by increasing production capacity while lowering fuel consumption and emissions. Linde's new on-site facility uses our advanced technology to supply essential industrial gases safely and reliably to all our customers in an important industrial market."

About Linde

Linde is a leading global industrial gases and engineering company with 2023 sales of $33 billion. We live our mission of making our world more productive every day by providing high-quality solutions, technologies and services which are making our customers more successful and helping to sustain, decarbonize and protect our planet.

The company serves a variety of end markets such as chemicals & energy, food & beverage, electronics, healthcare, manufacturing, metals and mining. Linde's industrial gases and technologies are used in countless applications including production of clean hydrogen and carbon capture systems critical to the energy transition, life-saving medical oxygen and high-purity & specialty gases for electronics. Linde also delivers state-of-the-art gas processing solutions to support customer expansion, efficiency improvements and emissions reductions.

For more information about the company and its products and services, please visit linde.com

SOURCE: Linde plc