Jakarta, Sept. 26 -- Freeport has suspended operations and production in Indonesia for three weeks to focus on rescuing five miners trapped by a landslide at the Grasberg Block Cave underground mine in Mimika, Central Papua.

"As of today, Freeport has not resumed production. They remain focused on searching for the trapped miners," Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Bahlil Lahadalia said on Friday.

He offered condolences over the disaster, confirming that two trapped miners had been found dead. The victims, buried under wet material at the Grasberg mine in Tembagapura, were identified as Irawan, 46, and Wigih Hartono, 37.

The five workers still missing are Victor Manuel Bastida Ballesteros, Holong Gembira Silaban, Dadang Hermanto...