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Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.

5/25/2012, 6:13 AM ET
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  • May 15 Freeport-McMoRan (FCX -4.8%) CEO Richard Adkerson sees big Chinese demand boosting copper, and to that end FCX will increase its capex budget to $4.3B in 2012 and $4.2B in 2013 from $2.5B last year. Since the world's top 10 copper mines combined produce only ~5M tons/year, handling increased demand would require "significant investment" in new reserves. [Commodities]
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Company Description

We are a leading international mining company with headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona. We are one of the world’s largest copper, gold and molybdenum mining companies in terms of reserves and production. Our portfolio of assets includes the Grasberg minerals district in Indonesia, which contains... More

Industry: Copper
Country: United States