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Freeport Provides Update on PT Freeport Indonesia Operations
PHOENIX, October 06, 2025--Freeport (NYSE: FCX) announced today an update on the search for the remaining five team members who were missing following the previously reported September 8 mud rush incident at the Grasberg Block Cave mine in Indonesia.
About this update from Freeport-mcmoran, Inc.
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