March 18, 2021 - The Provincial Municipality of Arequipa in Peru presented Cerro Verde with an award for its commitment to art and cultural conservation during a ceremony celebrating the city's historic center and its 20th anniversary as a World Cultural Heritage of Humanity site.

March 5, 2021 - With the recent achievement of Copper Mark status by Miami and El Paso operations, the company now has five sites around the world with the distinguished designation for safe and responsible production.

Developed by the International Copper Association and introduced in 2020, the Copper Mark is the first and only credible assurance framework to demonstrate the copper industry’s responsible production practices and industry contribution to the United Nations’Sustainable Development Goals.

March 3, 2021 - The University of Huelva in Spain awarded Miguel Palacios, Vice President-North America Smelting and Refining, with its Medal of Honor 2021 today for his significant contributions to the university and community. Watch the video.

March 2, 2021 - The pandemic put a lot on hold in 2020, but it didn’t stop employees from giving back to our communities through the company’s annual United Way campaign for North America sites.

Together, employees pledged close to $3.5 million, which grew to nearly $10 million when combined with the company match.

February 24, 2021 - If Tyrone’s 2020 safety record was a song, it would simultaneously top the charts in Pop, Rock, Hip-Hop, Country and maybe even Jazz.

“You feel a lot of responsibility to be a role model for the young guys, and to look out for them and make sure they’re doing things right,” Jimenez said. “But what I’m seeing is a lot of new guys who are acting as leaders, who know if something is wrong to stop the job, so I think we have an even better future with our safety culture.”

February 19, 2021 - Freeport-McMoRan is helping lower its carbon emissions through a 20-year commitment to receive a portion of power for the Miami, Ariz., smelter from a newly opened solar power plant.

Arizona-based Salt River Project’s new Saint Solar 100-megawatt plant in Coolidge began delivering solar energy to Miami operations and 10 other large energy consumers of the central Arizona power utility in mid-December. The Miami smelter will receive about 5 percent of its electrical energy under the agreement.

February 18, 2021 - Two earthquakes rocked the Mamuju and Majene areas in West Sulawesi on January 14 and 15, causing landslides, casualties and property damage.

February 17, 2021 - Mining engineering, the official publication of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration, shines a light on how the agile way of working and the company’s Freeport Edge behaviors have records falling and expectations soaring.

February 11, 2021 - On a fairly warm day last fall, a handful of Safford employees and volunteers surrounded the tent enclosure over the new homes constructed for burrowing owls.

The labor-intensive work was complete, and the stars of the day – six displaced burrowing owls rescued by the non-profit group Wild at Heart – had arrived.

February 8, 2021 - In a wide-ranging interview with Deloitte Insights for the Wall Street Journal’s CIO Journal, Bert Odinet, Vice President, Chief Information Officer and Chief Innovation Officer, discussed the strategy driving the company’s digital advances and lessons learned about safety, productivity and efficiency.