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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 .
Bagdad mine. The Bagdad Mine is a large copper mine located in Arizona, in the southwestern part of the United States. Bagdad represents one of the largest copper reserves in the United States and in the world, having estimated reserves of 873.6 million tonnes of ore grading 0.36% copper. [ 1] It is located in Yavapai County, Arizona, just west ...
The Henderson molybdenum mine is a large underground molybdenum mine west of the town of Empire in Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA. The Henderson mine, which has produced molybdenum since 1976, is owned by Freeport-McMoRan. The mine is North America's largest producer of primary molybdenum. 2007 production was 40 million pounds of molybdenum ...
Grasberg mine. / 4.05278°S 137.11583°E / -4.05278; 137.11583. The Grasberg mine has one of the largest reserves of gold and copper in the world. [2] [3] It is located in Mimika Regency, Central Papua, Indonesia near Puncak Jaya. It is operated by PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI, see below ), a joint venture among the government of ...
As part of a big bet on oil and gas, Freeport-McMoRan picked up some intriguing possibilities for future growth. The most intriguing, however, are its ultra-deep prospects in the shallow waters of ...
Safford Mine. The Safford Mine is an open-pit copper mine located in Graham County, Arizona, eight miles (13 km) north of the city of Safford. The mine is owned and operated by Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold . Construction on the Safford mine began in mid-2006. Production began December 26, 2007, with full production starting in 2008. [1] It is ...
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
It's beginning to look like Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold's acquisition of oil and gas produce Plains Exploration was prescient. The prospects of an extended closure of its huge Grasberg mine ...