Freeport-McMoRan Inc. Stock Analysis FCX

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. engages in the mining of copper, gold, and molybdenum. The company is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona and currently employs 28,500 full-time employees. The firm operates geographically diverse assets with significant proven and probable mineral reserves of copper, gold and molybdenum. The firm's segments include the Morenci and Cerro Verde copper mines, the Indonesia operations (including the Grasberg minerals district and PT-FI’s downstream processing facilities), the Rod & Refining operations and Atlantic Copper Smelting & Refining. Its operations include North America, South America and Indonesia. In North America, it manages seven copper operations: Morenci, Bagdad, Safford (including Lone Star), Sierrita and Miami in Arizona, and Chino and Tyrone in New Mexico, and two molybdenum mines: Henderson and Climax in Colorado. The company also operates a copper smelter in Miami, Arizona. In South America, it manages two copper operations: Cerro Verde in Peru and El Abra in Chile. In addition to copper, the Grasberg minerals district also produces gold and silver.