800k tons of mud probably just made electronics a little more expensive

[Bender]

https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/26/grasberg_accident_copper_prices/

[bombcar]

One mine produces half a billion pounds of copper a quarter?

[OgsyedIE → bombcar]

250,000 tons every 90 days is pretty reasonable. If you assume 1% copper content in the ore and 99% other material, it only needs about 270,000 tons of ore movement a day, which is a few bucket-wheel excavators worth of 24/7 output.