FreeportMcMoRan Copper and Gold News

Gold futures fell $8 an ounce Thursday to post their first loss this month for the New York floor-session, pressured by a rebound in the U.S. dollar.

The outlook for copper in the long term is very positive, driven by increased demand in developing economies including China, according to Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.

Top copper producer Freeport-McMoran recently reported a blow-out third quarter that saw its earnings sail past even the most optimistic of analysts' expectations.

U.S. stocks extended a global rally, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average to a 13-month high, and the dollar slid after the Group of 20 nations agreed to maintain economic stimulus efforts.

With industrial materials among the first to benefit as the global economy turns, the sector ranks as the No.

Codelco, the worlda s biggest copper producer, will raise the surcharge on sales to Japan and South Korea by as much as 16 percent next year as demand from China lifts metal prices.

If there's any worry lurking larger in the minds of investors than the risk of a double-dip recession and another market crash, it'd have to be our old friend, inflation.

At an October 7 press conference in Jakarta, Titus Natkime, a lawyer representing the Amungme people announced the initiation of their lawsuit against the U.S.-based goldmine firm Freeport-McMoran. According to Natkime, the Amungme tribe is suing At an October 7 press conference in Jakarta, Titus Natkime, a lawyer representing the Amungme people ...

Resolution Copper Wins National and State Safety Awards SUPERIOR, Ariz., October 2, 2009 Resolution Copper has been awarded two prestigious awards in recognition of its outstanding safety performance at its Superior, Arizona operation.

U.S. stocks fell the most since May this week as new home sales that missed forecasts and a drop in consumer spending added to speculation that the seven-month rally outpaced prospects for an economic recovery.

Standard & Poor's said Thursday it will add miner Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.

Microsoft Corp. Investors are piling into call options on the world's largest software maker following first-quarter earnings.

The Freeport McMoRan smelter sits on a hill between the tailings and the open-pit copper mine outside Miami and Globe.

ALLAN ROBINSON F REEPORT-MCMORAN Yesterday's close $82.98 U.S., up $3.26 Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.

High growth/modest risk plays don't appear too often, but Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold is one, which is why I'm Reiterating my Buy rating for the company's shares, first recommended on March 23, 2009 at a price of $41.87. If you bought Freeport in March, you're up an impressive 97%, and there's much more ahead.

Freeport-McMoRan Copper and Gold is back. Effective with the report of its third-quarter results on Wednesday, there's very little doubt that the company has returned to its impressive form of a couple of years ago.

Oct. 21 -- Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., the world's largest publicly traded copper producer, said third- quarter profit rose 77 percent because of higher prices and lower costs.

Freeport-McMoRan says its profit jumped 77 percent in the third quarter as the miner slashed spending and investors nervous about the economy bought gold.

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A police spokesman says two employees working for U.S. company Freeport have been shot and wounded near the world's largest gold mine in eastern Indonesia.