March 25, 2022 - DreamBuilder is a free online entrepreneurship training program developed for women who want to start or grow their own small business.
March 14, 2022 – The Deep Ore Zone mine at PT Freeport I, once the heavyweight champion of the world, officially retired in December after a strong run that spanned two decades.
The elder statesman of PT Freeport Indonesia’s current underground family, DOZ retired as planned. This step was driven by the underlying DMLZ cave advance.
March 11, 2022 - The call was simple last year: One Freeport heart. Let’s do our part. Give to United Way.
And Freeport employees did just that, together pledging $3.8 million, which grew to more than $10 million when combined with the company match, to help those in greatest need through United Way.
Maree E. Robertson, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer has responsibility for accounting, tax, treasury, financial reporting, financial planning and analysis, insurance, enterprise risk management, and internal audit. Prior to joining the company in March 2022, she served as Chief Financial Officer, Energy and Minerals of Rio Tinto Group, a multinational metals and mining company. Prior to joining Rio Tinto, Ms. Robertson had a 17-year career at BHP Group, a multinational natural resources company, serving in a broad range of international finance functions. Ms.
Steve Higgins, Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, has responsibility for corporate safety and security, communications, sustainability, and human resources. He previously served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing and President of Freeport Cobalt. Mr. Higgins has over 40 years of experience in the metals industry, including over 30 years with the company. He serves on the Board of Directors of the London Metal Exchange and the International Copper Association and as Chairman of The Copper Club.
Douglas Currault, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, is responsible for leading the company’s legal, compliance and regulatory affairs globally. In his role, he is the chief legal advisor and counsel to the senior leadership team and Board of Directors. Mr. Currault, who has over 15 years with the company, also has supervision of U.S. government relations. Before joining the company, he served over 12 years as outside counsel with extensive experience in corporate and transactional matters, including key roles in all of the company’s major transactions. Mr.
March 4, 2022 - Atlantic Copper President Javier Targhetta recently received the Medal of the City from the city of Huelva in recognition of the company’s contributions to the region’s economic development over the past half century.
Huelva Mayor Gabriel Cruz presented the award to Targhetta at an event held at Gran Teatro as part of the San Sebastian 2022 Patron Saint Feast Days in Huelva, Spain.
February 21, 2022 - PT Freeport Indonesia’s Emergency Preparedness and Response team won a third consecutive Captain’s Trophy and other awards at the 2021 Indonesian Fire and Rescue Competition in early December.
The event, held in Yogyakarta in central Java, gave teams the opportunity to share and demonstrate international best practices in emergency rescue. Thirteen teams from mining companies gathered to compete in this year’s competition, which grades the teams’ work through a simulated accident scenario.
February 16, 2022 - A workforce that now stands at more than 1,300 has spent more than 2 million hours constructing the new PT Freeport Indonesia smelter at Gresik, and every one of those 2 million hours has been worked without a lost-time injury.
That’s a number worth celebrating on a job the size and scale of the $3.2 billion Manyar Smelter and Manyar Maju Refinery project. A decade in the planning and now 2 million hours in the making, Manyar is going up in a special industrial zone in northeast Java.
February 11, 2022 - The Freeport-McMoRan Foundation recently awarded 39 grants to communities and non-profit organizations for projects supporting a range of locally determined priorities from education and workforce development, to childcare and housing.
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