Freeport-McMoRan recognizes that mining impacts the natural environment. We are committed to conducting our mining and processing operations in a manner that minimizes adverse impacts on the environment and supports protection of the natural environment and ecosystems through responsible environmental stewardship, strong management systems and continuous improvement.
Effective environmental protection and stewardship are key to ensuring the long-term viability of our business, including maintaining the necessary support from our host communities and governments.
Climate
OUR APPROACH
As one of the world’s largest copper producers, we understand our critical role in the low-carbon energy transition. We are dedicated to supplying the global economy with responsibly produced copper which includes operating in a manner that manages and mitigates our GHG emissions and other climate-related risks and impacts.
MOLYBDENUM'S ROLE IN THE ENERGY TRANSITION
Molybednum is a key material enabler of lower-carbon energy sources such as wind, solar, and renewable fuels as well as hydrogen generation, transport and storage. Molybednum also contributes to global sustainability in an ever-changing world, leading to lower total lifecycle costs. It is a critical metal in mitigating water stress and harmful emissions, enables less energy- and GHG-intensive building and infrastructure and supports more efficient manufacturing and power generation processes.
As the world’s largest integrated producer of molybednum, Freeport’s role in supplying responsibly produced molybednum to support global decarbonization and sustainability is crucial and we are committed to doing our part, both within our own operational boundaries and beyond.
To learn more about our approach to climate, including our strategy and performance, please read our 2023 CLIMATE UPDATE and SUSTAINABILITY AT FCX.COM
Water Stewardship
OUR APPROACH
Water is essential to our work and vital to the long-term sustainability of the company and our host communities. We cannot operate without water and Freeport-McMoRan understands the critical importance of managing the impacts of our activities on both water availability and quality along with respecting the rights of our host communities and Indigenous neighbors.
Climax Molybdenum Company, a subsidiary of Freeport-McMoRan, sustainability programs are consistent with commitments set forth in company-wide policies defined by Freeport-McMoRan. To learn more, please see: SUSTAINABILITY AT FCX.COM
Biodiversity
OUR APPROACH
Our Environmental Policy states our commitment to contribute to the conservation of biodiversity, to apply the mitigation hierarchy for all new projects, and to not explore or mine in any UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
As part of our mining and processing activities, we are responsible for management of our land and the associated biodiversity. We are committed to programs to allow us to proactively identify and manage the potential impacts of our operations on biodiversity, land and surrounding ecosystems and, where adverse impacts cannot be avoided, mitigating them. We also considered biodiversity and land use as part of our broader nature strategy.
Climax Molybdenum Company, a subsidiary of Freeport-McMoRan, sustainability programs are consistent with commitments set forth in company-wide policies defined by Freeport-McMoRan. To learn more, please see: SUSTAINABILITY AT FCX.COM
Non-Mineral Waste Management
OUR APPROACH
Freeport-McMoRan is committed to reducing our environmental impact, which includes the effective management of our mining and mineral processing waste (such as tailings, overburden and slag, waste rock) as well as non-mineral waste (such as recycled material and landfilled waste). The volume of mining and mineral processing waste we generate varies depending on site-specific mine plans. These materials are typically managed in designated, engineered stockpiles or impoundments.
Climax Molybdenum Company, a subsidiary of Freeport-McMoRan, sustainability programs are consistent with commitments set forth in company-wide policies defined by Freeport-McMoRan. To learn more, please see: SUSTAINABILITY AT FCX.COM
Mine Closure and Reclamation
OUR APPROACH
FCX understands that effectively reclaiming disturbed land and responsibly planning for closure of our mining and processing sites contributes to maintaining the trust of our local communities, governments, and other interested stakeholders, and therefore, reclamation and mine closure processes are integral to our site planning and ongoing operations.
Climax Molybdenum Company, a subsidiary of Freeport-McMoRan, sustainability programs are consistent with commitments set forth in company-wide policies defined by Freeport-McMoRan. To learn more, please see: SUSTAINABILITY AT FCX.COM
PHOTO DESCRIPTION: (top) A group of Rocky Mountain Elk near the Henderson mine
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