Pay talks at Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold in Indonesia's Papua province have stalled, but a deadline for an end to negotiations has been extended, easing the threat of any disruption.
Pay negotiations between workers and management at Freeport's remote Grasberg mine in Papua, the world's second-biggest copper and gold mine, resumed in late June after being suspended in May when a tunnel collapse killed 28 people.
A union spokesman Juli Parorrongan told Reuters Freeport only offered a quarter of the pay rise they are demanding.
He says workers cannot accept the offer because it is considered too low, adding the union was pushing for a 40 percent pay increase over two years or two annual 20 percent rises.
Freeport Indonesia employs about 24,000 workers, including contractors and staff. About three-quarters are union members.
Juli Parorrongan says a new deadline of October the 4th has been set for talks to conclude.
Freeport Indonesia could not be reached for immediate comment following pay talks.
