Indonesia plans news conference on Freeport, Rio Tinto transaction

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JAKARTA, Sept 27 (Reuters) -

* Indonesia's Energy Ministry plans to hold a ceremony on Thursday to mark the finalisation of a share purchase agreement involving Freeport McMoRan, Rio Tinto, and state miner Inalum, the ministry said in a document

* The ceremony, scheduled to take place at 4 p.m. Jakarta time (0900 GMT), will be followed by a news conference, a spokesman for Inalum said via text message (Reporting by Fergus Jensen Editing by Kenneth Maxwell)