May 31, 2022 - Freeport’s Safford and Sierrita operations recently were awarded the Copper Mark, bringing the total number of company sites validated to 11, more than any other producer globally.

May 18, 2022 - Freeport-McMoRan has been named one of the 100 Best Corporate Citizens in the U.S. in annual rankings based on the environmental, social and governance practices of the 1,000 largest publicly traded companies.

May 13, 2022 - PT Freeport Indonesia celebrated its 55th anniversary last month with a series of celebrations that included employees and the surrounding communities.

After having to celebrate its last two anniversaries virtually during the height of the pandemic, PTFI recently was able to commemorate its 55th year with a large gathering of employees and community members.

May 10, 2022 - Julia Torreblanca, Vice President of Corporate Affairs-Cerro Verde, has been elected board president of ComexPeru, a trade association that promotes public policy based on free market principles, private investment and development of foreign trade. She will serve as president of the ComexPeru board of directors until 2024.

Torreblanca said she will advocate for the organization’s mission to promote employment and improved quality of life in Peru.

May 6, 2022 - A new esplanade constructed with financial support from Minera El Abra will help provide economic opportunity in the El Loa Province in northern Chile.

May 6, 2022 - The safety culture at the company’s Climax Stowmarket molybdenum plant in England recently was recognized for the ninth consecutive year with a Gold Medal from the Royal Society for Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) in the industry sector of the society’s Health and Safety Awards.

May 5, 2022 - Women belong in mining, and Betsy Shobe is determined to help ensure they thrive in the historically male-dominated industry.

As the newest president of the Arizona chapter of Women in Mining and one of the first site ambassadors for the group, Shobe, Transformation/Agile Facilitator-Morenci, said it’s not unusual for women in mining careers to feel isolated, particularly in a rural community like Morenci.

April 14, 2022 - The Freeport-McMoRan Foundation recently committed $6 million to a partnership aimed at increasing access and higher education completion rates among Native American students in Arizona.

April 12, 2022 - Members of the unmanned aerial system (UAS) teams representing Safford and the Technology Center Tucson recently brought their drone-operating expertise to the 2022 Gila Valley STEAM Festival at Eastern Arizona College in Thatcher.

April 8, 2022 - Minera El Abra’s Heritage Fund supports a variety of initiatives that promote and preserve the culture and traditions of the Indigenous communities of Ollagüe, María Elena, Tocopilla and Alto El Loa surrounding El Abra’s operations.