If one employee who is Empowered to Act can make a positive change in how a site safely operates, imagine what an entire workforce that is Empowered to Act can do. 

Thankfully, there’s no imagination needed – just look at Freeport-McMoRan employees.  

Across the company’s operations, they are showing the value of the Freeport Edge behavior Empowered to Act by taking action to help achieve the company’s goals with the full support and encouragement of all levels of leadership. 

Confidence in taking action 

PT Freeport Indonesia and Cerro Verde in Peru are helping local health officials combat a deadly resurgence of COVID-19 cases with the donation of equipment to generate oxygen for medical use, which is now in critically short supply.

The company has begun producing the oxygen at a converted industrial generating plant and recently donated 30 oxygen concentrators to hospitals and a health clinic in Timika, Papua, as part of PTFI’s efforts to provide oxygen needed to treat coronavirus patients. 

To:       All Freeport-McMoRan Employees
From: Kathleen Quirk, President and Chief Financial Officer
Date:    August 5, 2021

I am pleased to announce that Emily Olson will be joining Freeport-McMoRan on September 1 as Vice President-Global Strategic Relations. In this newly created role, Emily will support our global initiatives to maintain and build strong relationships with strategic stakeholders, global business and government leaders, and community leaders. She will report to me.  

In a new video, Josh Olmsted, President and Chief Operating Officer-Americas, and Dr. Richard Vinroot, company Medical Director and Vice President, discuss their reasons for getting the COVID-19 vaccine – to not only protect themselves and loved ones but also to protect our communities and our operations. 

Freeport-McMoRan Inc. announced today the appointment of Marcela E. Donadio and Sara Grootwassink Lewis to its Board of Directors. 

(July 30, 2021) PT Freeport Indonesia recently ushered in the next level of production at its world-class Grasberg Block Cave mine with a second underground crushing system that will double the mine’s previous capacity.

“Crusher 602 is an incredible milestone for the ramp-up of GBC, which will be our main producer for years to come,” said Mark Johnson, Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer-PTFI. “This crusher is a big part of the future for PTFI and Freeport-McMoRan.”  

Wrebekk, wrebekk … 

Meet Litoria lubisi, a new frog species discovered in the sago – or palm – forests of Mimika Regency, Papua, Indonesia.

After 15 years of study and research, the discovery was certified and officially published in the international journal Zootaxa this year. PT Freeport Indonesia supported the work in partnership with The Indonesian Institute of Sciences and the South Australian Museum.