Morenci Copper Mine, Arizona Mining Technology | Mining ...
Copper Queen Consolidated Mining bought the property in 1885, with the company name changed to Phelps Dodge in 1917. Ninety years later in March 2007, Phelps Dodge merged with Freeport McMoRan Copper Gold, whose principal asset is the massive Grasberg coppergold mine in Indonesia, in an agreed takeover by Freeport, the smaller of the ...