March 4, 2022 - Atlantic Copper President Javier Targhetta recently received the Medal of the City from the city of Huelva in recognition of the company’s contributions to the region’s economic development over the past half century.

Huelva Mayor Gabriel Cruz presented the award to Targhetta at an event held at Gran Teatro as part of the San Sebastian 2022 Patron Saint Feast Days in Huelva, Spain.

February 21, 2022 - PT Freeport Indonesia’s Emergency Preparedness and Response team won a third consecutive Captain’s Trophy and other awards at the 2021 Indonesian Fire and Rescue Competition in early December.  

The event, held in Yogyakarta in central Java, gave teams the opportunity to share and demonstrate international best practices in emergency rescue. Thirteen teams from mining companies gathered to compete in this year’s competition, which grades the teams’ work through a simulated accident scenario.

February 16, 2022 - A workforce that now stands at more than 1,300 has spent more than 2 million hours constructing the new PT Freeport Indonesia smelter at Gresik, and every one of those 2 million hours has been worked without a lost-time injury.

That’s a number worth celebrating on a job the size and scale of the $3.2 billion Manyar Smelter and Manyar Maju Refinery project. A decade in the planning and now 2 million hours in the making, Manyar is going up in a special industrial zone in northeast Java.

February 10, 2022 - On the morning of February 27, 2010, an earthquake and tsunami hit the coast of Chile, killing hundreds and destroying homes and infrastructure. One of the localities impacted was the small fishing village of Coliumo.

February 7, 2022 - Freeport-McMoRan was named one of the World’s Most Admired Companies for 2022 and the top performer in its industry in annual rankings by Fortune magazine.

February 4, 2021 - Rapid technological advances increasingly are shaping the virtual world into a convincing substitute for the real version – real enough to help keep people safe.

The Safford, Ariz., Technical Training team’s new virtual reality training system so closely mimics an actual mobile equipment cab environment, trainers believe it one day will supplant real vehicles as a safe alternative for operator training and certification.

February 2, 2022 - Freeport-McMoRan has been included in the S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook 2022 in recognition of its demonstrated strength, commitment and performance of the company’s environmental, social and governance practices.

January 28, 2022 - What do an obstetrics nurse, a metallurgical engineer and a contract supervisor have in common?

Their careers, along with nearly 500 other students over the years, were made possible with the help of El Abra’s Indigenous Scholarship Program, which helps students from nearby villages attend a university or technical school. Scholarships are worth $2,200 per student per year and are renewable annually. The money may be used for tuition, computers and supplies.