Daniel P. “Dan” Kravets

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Dan P. Kravets, Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer, is responsible for managing corporate development and strategy, copper sales and marketing, global supply chain, and mineral exploration. Mr. Kravets has been with the company for more than twenty years in various leadership roles, including managing mergers and acquisitions and international business development.

Freeport’s Biodiversity Work Receives Top Honors from Wildlife Habitat Council

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June 20, 2024 - Freeport-McMoRan’s work to protect biodiversity and wildlife habitats was recognized recently with multiple awards – including the prestigious Employee Engagement Award – from the Wildlife Habitat Council.

In addition to the companywide recognition, Freeport’s Cerro Verde operation in Peru and PT Freeport Indonesia each received two awards for their work to study and protect key species and to conserve or reclaim native wildlife habitat.

PTFI Employees Gain Expertise as They Fire Up New Smelter in Manyar

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June 19, 2024 - It is not just the buildings and equipment that are being put to the test during the commissioning of PT Freeport Indonesia’s smelter in Manyar. The people doing the work are being tested themselves.

Aside from being a massive construction project, the smelter and related components will require almost 800 employees to keep it going once it’s fully operational. Those people need to be recruited, hired, trained and equipped with everything from protective equipment to radios. So far, about 700 have been hired.

Unique Recreational Space Emerges from Former Milling Site

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May 3, 2024 - A former Freeport-McMoRan site in southern Arizona has been transformed into recreational space accessible to the entire community.

Following four years of planning, the 87-acre Man in the Maze Trails Park officially opened to the public in March. Originally known as Parcel 30, the park incorporates numerous biodiversity, cultural and educational elements. These include trails with interpretive signage covering topics such as traditional food plants of the Tohono O’odham Nation, pollinator conservation and passive rainwater harvesting.

El Abra Contributions Help Rebuild the Homes and Lives of Families Who ‘Lost Everything’ in 2023 Forest Fires

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April 3, 2024 - Families who lost their homes last year in devastating forest fires in the Araucania region in Chile are moving into new houses built with the help of a donation from Freeport-McMoRan’s El Abra operation.

In all, 48 fully furnished houses were built through a partnership between the Chilean Mining Council and the local government, 42 in the town of Purén and six in Vilcún. Both are communities made up largely of indigenous families.

The inauguration ceremony for the newly completed homes was held earlier this month.