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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 .
The rich Inspiration copper mine opened in 1911. It was promoted by Boyce Thompson, who owned the nearby Magma Mine in Superior, Arizona. He retained a 15% interest in the Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company when that was founded in 1915. The mine is currently operated by Freeport-McMoran, which renamed it the Miami Mine.
After a spate of tragic accidents claimed the lives of dozens of workers at its huge Grasberg gold and copper mine in Indonesia, Freeport-McMoRan was given the go-ahead by the government to reopen ...
Freeport-McMoRan: Copper ore, leached 55 (2021) [2] 13 Silver Bell: Pima County, Arizona: Grupo México: Copper ore, leached 19 (2018) [5] 14 Eagle Mine: Marquette County, Michigan: Lundin Mining: Underground mine producing nickel and copper concentrates 18 (2018) [8] 15 Phoenix
A state audit of operations at Indonesia's Grasberg mine has cast a cloud over the government's multi-billion-dollar deal to take a majority stake in the mine from Freeport McMoRan Inc (FCX.N) and ...
There's little question that Freeport-McMoRan, the world's largest publicly owned copper producer, has become the victim of as many strikes as my suddenly hapless Boston Red Sox. You may recall ...
In 1986, Cyprus acquired the Sierrita copper and molybdenum mine near Tucson, Arizona. In July 1988, Cyprus Minerals bought the Inspiration mine and smelting complex in Miami, Arizona . [ 2 ] With the expiry of an agreement to purchase electricity at a favorable rate from the Salt River Project , Cyprus Minerals installed an ISASMELT furnace in ...
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