Freeport-McMoRan Copper and Gold Inc.

Exporter
1 N Central Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85004-4414, United States
(602)366-8100, http://www.fcx.com

Primary SIC: Copper Ores, Primary NAICS: Copper Ore and Nickel Ore Mining
Description: Founded in 1912 as Freeport Sulphur, and renamed Freeport-McMoRan Copper and Gold, incorporated in Delaware and went public on the New York Stock Exchange in 1988. Freeport is engaged in exploring, mining, producing, processing, and marketing metals. The company operates large, geographically diverse reserves of copper, gold and molybdenum. Freeport has a portfolio of operating, expansion and growth projects in the copper industry and is a producer of molybdenum. The company's portfolio of assets includes the Grasberg mining complex, the world's largest copper and gold mine in terms of recoverable reserves; significant mining operations in the Americas, including the large scale Morenci/Safford minerals district in North America. Freeport leads in expertise in both technology and production methods, which consist of open-pit mining, production technology, block cave underground mining, and copper concentrate leaching. Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, the company currently operates five operating copper mines in Morenci, Sierrita, Bagdad and Safford in Arizona, and Tyrone in New Mexico; four operating copper mines in Cerro Verde in Peru, and Candelaria, Ojos del Salado and El Abra in Chile; and the open-pit Grasberg gold, copper, and silver mine in Indonesia. Other subsidiaries include FT Freeport Indonesia, PT Irja Eastern Minerals and Atlantic Copper. More

Mining: Manufacturing: Global resources: copper, gold, sulphur, oil and gas.