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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 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.
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 of the company town of Bagdad. It is currently owned by Freeport-McMoRan.
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 Indonesia, government of Papua, and American company Freeport-McMoRan (FCX).
The mine is served by the Freeport-McMoRan Industrial Railroad, which interchanges with Arizona Eastern Railway in Clifton. The railroad is used to bring chemicals (primarily sulfuric acid) to the mine, as well as ship out copper concentrate.
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 ...
Company. Freeport-McMoRan Inc. The Chino Mine ("Chino" is Spanish for the "Chinese"), also known as the Santa Rita mine or Santa Rita del Cobre, is an American open-pit porphyry copper mine located in the town of Santa Rita, New Mexico 15 miles (24 km) east of Silver City. The mine was started as the Chino Copper Company in 1909 by mining ...
After a long shutdown, the Climax mine reopened and resumed molybdenum shipment on May 10, 2012. The mine is owned by Climax Molybdenum Company, a subsidiary of Freeport-McMoRan .