July 16, 2021 - Nearly seven weeks after the 150-acre Spur Fire ripped through Bagdad and reduced multiple homes to rubble, Freeport-McMoRan is moving swiftly to replace company homes lost in the blaze to expedite recovery efforts, even as scars remain fresh for many.

Stories of pandemonium around the May 27 event are many: residents frantically banging on doors to evacuate neighbors as flames barreled down on their own homes and company water tankers dousing homes to keep flames at bay – all occurring as firefighters and air tankers battled the blaze from the ground and sky.

July 9, 2021 - With the number of COVID-19 cases surging in southern Peru near where Cerro Verde operates, the mine is providing oxygen cylinders and oxygen concentrators and their accessories to health centers in the Arequipa Region.

July 2, 2021 - At 2,080 pounds, the Liberty Bell has long secured its place as a national symbol of freedom, equally as celebrated on the Fourth of July as the copper-laden Statue of Liberty.

As the country prepares to celebrate the 245th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, here’s a little history about the copper-rich Liberty Bell.

June 25, 2021 - In 2020, the Public Policy Center of Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and Minera El Abra launched a new online diploma course to train indigenous community members in the Antofagasta Region. 

June 16, 2021 - The company’s commitment to community support and transformation runs deep in its DNA, garnering recognition on The Civic 50 List for the ninth year in a row. 

May 24, 2021 - Think of it as PTFI’s version of R2-D2 from Star Wars or NASA’s Mars rovers.

Into the dark recesses of Grasberg Block Cave, the spunky explorer bobs and rolls, illuminating and livestreaming its journey.  

The voyage is all about understanding and monitoring how the undercut levels of PT Freeport Indonesia’s massive underground mine are breaking up and advancing, and – more importantly – it’s about protecting everyone who works there.