The Morenci Mine, located in southeastern Arizona, is one of the largest copper mines in North America and among the biggest open-pit operations in the world. Its history dates back to the 1870s, when prospectors first discovered copper in the rugged mountains near Clifton. Now operated by Freeport-McMoRan, Morenci produces hundreds of thousands of tons of copper annually through a combination of open-pit mining and leaching processes. The mine’s vast terraced pits, stretching several miles acro

Freeport-McMoRan’s story is one of transformation, risk-taking, and global reach. The company began in 1912 as the Freeport Sulphur Company, extracting sulfur from salt domes along the U.S. Gulf Coast. Over the decades, it evolved through diversification and bold acquisitions, eventually becoming one of the world’s leading producers of copper, gold, and molybdenum. Its defining moment came in the 1980s with the discovery and development of the Grasberg Mine in Indonesia - one of the largest gold