Freeport-McMoRan

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. engages in the mining of copper, gold, and molybdenum. It operates through the following segments: U.S. Copper Mines, South America Operations, Indonesia Operations, Molybdenum Mines, U.S. Rod and Refining, Atlantic Copper, and Corporate and Other. The U.S. Copper Mines segment operates open-pit copper mines in Morenci, Bagdad, Safford, Sierrita, Miami in Arizona and Chino, and Tyrone in New Mexico. The South America Operations segment includes Cerro Verde in Peru and El Abra in Chile. The Indonesia Operations segment handles the operations of the Grasberg minerals district that produce copper concentrate containing significant quantities of gold and silver. The Molybdenum Mines segment includes the Henderson underground mine and Climax open pit mine, both in Colorado. The U.S. Rod and Refining segment consists of copper conversion facilities located in North America and includes refinery and rod mills. The Atlantic Copper segment smelts and refines copper concentrate and markets refined copper and precious metals in slimes. The Corporate and Other segment offers other mining and eliminations, oil and gas operations, and other corporate and elimination items. The company was founded by James R. Moffett on November 10, 1987, and is headquartered in Phoenix, AZ.

CEO

Kathleen L. Quirk

Sector

Non-Energy Minerals

Market value

$88.69B

Price / earnings

26.5x

No takeaway or recommendation for Freeport-McMoRan yet. It is #5 in line. We add companies in batches of about 10, in Retail 100 order.