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Rank Mine County and State Owner Source of copper Annual production (thousand tonnes) 1 Morenci: Greenlee County, Arizona: Freeport-McMoRan (72%), Sumitomo Group (28%): Open pit, copper-molybdenum ore, producing copper cathode, copper and molybdenum concentrates
The Morenci Mine is a large copper mine located near Morenci, Arizona, United States. Morenci represents one of the largest copper reserves in the United States and in the world, having estimated reserves of 3.2 billion tonnes (3.5 × 10 9 short tons) of ore grading 0.16% copper.
Freeport-McMoRan Inc., often called Freeport, is an American mining company based in the Freeport-McMoRan Center, in Phoenix, Arizona. The company is the world's largest producer of molybdenum , a major copper producer and operates the world's largest gold mine , the Grasberg mine in Papua, Indonesia .
Bagdad, Arizona, owned by Freeport McMoRan (formerly Phelps Dodge) Clarkdale, Arizona , built, named for, and formerly owned by Senator William A. Clark 's United Verde Copper Company Goodyear, Arizona , founded by and named after the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Morenci is a census-designated place (CDP) and company town in Greenlee County, Arizona, United States, and was founded by the Detroit Copper Mining Company of Arizona. The population was 2,000 at the 2000 census and 1,489 at the 2010 census . [ 3 ]
County Operator Source of copper 2012 Cu Production (million lbs) Reference 1 Morenci: Greenlee: Freeport-McMoRan: Copper-molybdenum ore, concentrated and leached 632 [10] 2 Ray: Pinal: ASARCO: Copper ore, concentrated and leached 213 [11] 3 Bagdad: Yavapai: Freeport-McMoRan: Copper-molybdenum ore, concentrated and leached 197 [10] 4 Safford ...
On Monday, March 19, 2007, Phelps Dodge Corporation was acquired by Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE: FCX), creating the world's largest publicly traded copper company, with 25,000 employees at acquisition. At the time of its acquisition in 2007, Phelps Dodge Corporation had large copper mining operations in Bagdad , Morenci , Sahuarita , Safford and ...
In 2006, Arizona Eastern announced the construction of a new 10-mile (16 km) spur from Safford to the new Safford Mine of Freeport-McMoRan Corporation, north of Safford. [4] The mine opened in 2008. In 2008, AZER purchased the Clifton Subdivision from Union Pacific. [2]