Morenci copper minesite Report

Asset Report 11 April 2024

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Report summary

Freeport-McMoran's Morenci operations in Arizona USA consists of open pit mining, two conventional mill and flotation processing plants, several SxEw plants and a Concentrate Leach Plant (CLP) to produce copper concentrates and copper cathode. Morenci has one of the world's largest SxEw operations through both Mine for Leach (MFL) and Run of Mine (ROM) leaching processes. Morenci has an annual production capability of over 1 billion pounds of copper.

Summary
Key issues
Emissions
- Detailed map
Mining
Process
- Mine for Leach (MFL)
- Run Of Mine (ROM) Leach
- Solvent Extraction
- Electro-winning
- Mill
- Mill expansion project
- Concentrate Leach

Tables and charts

This report includes 3 images and tables including:

Morenci Emission Intensity Quartile Ranking - total global production - tonnes Cu equivalent
Morenci SxEw Intensity Quartile ranking - total global production - tonnes Cu equivalent