August 17, 2022 - When a sales expert takes time to compliment the health and safety record at a rod mill, that should demonstrate the impact 1,400 – and counting – injury-free days can have.
But it even goes beyond safety for Randy Nickle, Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing-Phoenix, when it comes to talking about the Miami, Ariz., rod mill.
August 11, 2022 - Interns who spent the summer gaining real-world experience at Freeport sites throughout the United States wrapped up their studies recently with that all-too-intimidating taste of the professional world – the formal PowerPoint presentations of their work to their peers and company leaders.
August 5, 2022 - What the Cobre Valley Institute of Technology needed in a hurry was a pair of substitute welding instructors to take over its 18-month certification program, and two welding aces from Freeport’s Miami, Ariz., smelter quickly stepped up to teach night classes.
July 13, 2022 - Growing and learning with data collected every day, the nerve center of PT Freeport Indonesia’s operation is a comprehensive, world-class geotechnical monitoring system conceived, developed and run by a world-class stickler.
July 12, 2022 - Freeport-McMoRan’s work to protect animals ranging from bats to bighorn sheep has earned the company five top awards from the Wildlife Habitat Council at the WHC’s annual conference held in Detroit in June.
July 11, 2022 - About 25 company employees and family members recently gathered to support the company’s Global Volunteer Month efforts by planting more than 80 native trees near the Chilean capital of Santiago.
The group planted the trees at the Laura Vicuña Sanctuary, located on the slope of Renca Hill, just north of Santiago. After listening to an educational talk, volunteers formed work groups led by experts in proper planting techniques and planted tree species such as Huingán, Espino, Quebracho, Quillay, Romerillo and Algarrobo.
July 7, 2022 - Photos of a proud looking male Black Sunbird at PT Freeport Indonesia and a slender-legged vicuña on a stroll near El Abra took the top two spots in the company’s 12th annual wildlife photo contest.
Members of Freeport’s Biodiversity Task Force selected the winning images from more than 350 employee entries showing diverse wildlife ranging from three doe-eyed deer at Fort Madison, Iowa, to two seemingly smiling singing dogs at PTFI to one impressive web-weaving banana spider in New Orleans.
July 1, 2022 - PT Freeport Indonesia recently received the nationally recognized Sustainable Business Practices Award in the Highly Commended Category, making it one of the 20 companies and the only one from Papua getting recognition for its sustainable practices in the business sector.
External reasonable-level assurance reviews occur at each of our active mining and metals processing operations every three years for purposes of maintaining the Copper Mark and/or Molybdenum Mark and confirming each site is upholding ICMM Performance Expectations. Certain of our larger mining operations also undergo limited-level assurance more frequently to support our disclosures and overall responsible production performance.
As part of our environmental management commitment at PTFI, external audits of PTFI’s Grasberg operations have taken place on a routine basis since 1996.
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