We focus on minimizing adverse environmental impacts, protecting and enhancing the quality of the environment, and continuously improving our performance.

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. is committed to managing and minimizing the adverse impact of its operations on the surrounding environment, using risk management strategies based on valid data and sound science, and to reclaiming and revegetating affected land as applicable. Through our Environmental Policy, we commit to sound environmental management and practices, to providing adequate resources to fulfill our responsibilities and to continuously improving our environmental performance at every operational site. We support both scientific research to further understand the environments in which we operate and comprehensive monitoring to determine the effectiveness of our management practices. We work with governmental agencies, academic institutions, recognized national and international experts, the local population and nongovernmental organizations to enhance our environmental performance.

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