JAYAPURA, Sept 12 (Reuters) - A fresh wave of shootings near Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc's <FCX.N> Grasberg mine in Indonesia has left two security guards injured, police said on Saturday. The shootings did not affect production at the mine, which accounts for nearly 40 percent of Freeport's total copper reserves of 93 billion pounds, and boasts the world's largest gold reserves. Shots were fired near mile 42 at a vehicle carrying security guards and cleaning service personnel on Saturday morning, Papua Police Chief Bagus Ekodanto told Reuters by telephone. One security guard was shot at his leg and another hit by glass shrapnel, said Agus Rianto, Papua police spokesman. A series of shootings near the mine in recent weeks has resulted in several casualties, but so far there has been no impact on production. The police and military said they have stepped up security in Papua, the easternmost part of the sprawling Indonesian archipelago. The Grasberg mine is about 3,350 kilometres (2,080 miles) east of Indonesia's capital Jakarta. Papua has been subject to sporadic violence between separatists and Indonesian security forces, while the mine has seen controversy over various personnel, environmental and other policies. Some analysts have tied recent outbreaks of violence to possible conflicts between the police and mlitary over lucrative security arrangements at the mine and related business ventures, charges the authorities have rejected. (For a Q+A on the Freeport shootings, click [ID:nJAK204756]) (Reporting by Oka Barta Daud, with additional reporting by Karima Anjani in JAKARTA; Editing by Sunanda Creagh and Jerry Norton)
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