Copper Mining FCX: Sierrita open pit copper mine in Arizona, View from a Cessna 172

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Copper Mining: Sierrita open pit copper mine in Arizona, View from a Cessna 172

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Sierrita open pit copper mine in Arizona.
View from a Cessna 172. Sierrita open pit copper mine located South of Tucson near Green Valley, Arizona. Source: Saguaro24.

Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.
FCX is a leading international mining company with headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona. FCX operates large, long-lived, geographically diverse assets with significant proven and probable reserves of copper, gold and molybdenum. FCX has a dynamic portfolio of operating, expansion and growth projects in the copper industry and is the world’s largest producer of molybdenum. Source: FCX.com.

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., (FMCG, NYSE: FCX) often called simply Freeport, is the world's lowest-cost copper producer and one of the world's largest producers of gold. It was formerly based in New Orleans, Louisiana but moved its headquarters to Phoenix, Arizona, after acquiring copper producer Phelps Dodge in 2007. In addition to Phelps Dodge, its subsidiaries include PT Freeport Indonesia, PT Irja Eastern Minerals and Atlantic Copper, S.A. Freeport is the largest publicly traded copper and molybdenum producer in the world. Source: Wikipedia, Freeport-McMoRan.
 

 


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