Minerals & Mining
News and content about corporate responsibility innovations in the minerals & mining industry.
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04-10-20
The School Fund of Minera El Abra, a Freeport-McMoRan Company, Funds Leadership Program for 600 Students and Teachers
The School of Leaders: Empodérate El Loa Program, a partnership of Emprende Joven and the Minera El Abra School Fund, promotes social-emotional skills for students and provides teacher training in the Calama region of Chile.
Social-emotional skills include the knowledge, attitudes...
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03-27-20
Navajo Women Entrepreneurs Graduate From Freeport-McMoRan’s Free Online Business Training Program
Project DreamCatcher, Freeport-McMoRan’s free online business training program designed to create economic opportunities for women entrepreneurs, recently graduated 16 Navajo women from the Navajo Nation in New Mexico.
DreamCatcher is part of the DreamBuilder project, which is a partnershi...
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03-20-20
The Environmental Fund of Minera El Abra, a Freeport-McMoRan Company, Inaugurates Three Recycling Stations
Together for a Sustainable Calama is the name of the recycling project that will benefit more than 4,000 people in the towns of Tocopilla, Calama, María Elena and Alto Loa in the Calama region of Chile.
The stations will recycle paper and plastics and feature murals that celebrate...
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03-13-20
Freeport-McMoRan Named a Most Responsible Company by Newsweek
Congratulations to Freeport-McMoRan for being named to Newsweek’s first ranking of America's Most Responsible Companies.
To compile the ranking, Newsweek partnered with Statist...
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03-12-20
Teck Announces 33% Carbon Reduction Target and Updated Sustainability Strategy
March 12, 2020 – Teck Resources Limited (TSX: TECK.A and TECK.B, NYSE: TECK) ("Teck”) today announced a target to reduce carbon intensity by 33% by 2030 as part of its new sustainability strategy and goals. This builds on the Teck’s previously announced commitment to be carbon neutral across all ...
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03-10-20
Finnish Battery Industry Intensifies Cooperation: Fortum, BASF, and Nornickel Sign Cooperation Agreement on Battery Recycling
Fortum, BASF, and Nornickel have signed a letter of intent to plan a battery recycling cluster in Harjavalta, Finland, serving the electric vehicle market. This would enable a successful “closed loop” cycle to re-use the critical metals present in used batteries.
Usin...
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03-06-20
Freeport-McMoRan United Way Campaign Tops $11 Million
Freeport-McMoRan employees continued the tradition of giving back to the community by pledging more than $4 million in 2019, which raised a record-setting $11.1 million with the company match program for United Ways across the U.S.
Each year, Freeport-McMoRan partners with United Way to ra...
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02-27-20
Caroline Anstey to Lead Pact as New President and Chief Executive Officer
Today, Pact announced that its Board of Directors has selected international development leader Caroline Anstey as the next President and Chief Executive Officer of the global organization.
Anstey will join Pact on March 23, 2020. She comes to Pact from her role a...
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02-24-20
Freeport-McMoRan’s Greenlee County, Arizona Community Investment Fund Awards $169,000 in Grants
The Greenlee County Community Investment Fund recently selected the recipients and awarded more than $160,000 in grants to local communities and non-profit organizations.
The Greenlee County CIF is overseen by a committee of community leaders assembled by the Freeport-McMoRan Community Par...
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02-18-20
Freeport-McMoRan Named Best Corporate Citizen by Forbes
Congratulations to Freeport-McMoRan for being named to the 2020 Just 100: America's Best Corporate Citizens by Forbes! This is the fourth consecutive year Freeport-McMoRan has made the list, which is now in its fourth year.
To compile the Just 100, Forbes partnered with Just Capital to sur...
