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The Motley Fool August 11, 2006 Will Frankenhoff	Southern Copper: A High-Grade Mining Play Here's a stock with great potential for upside earnings surprises. The company, majority owned by Grupo Mexico, holds the largest copper reserves of any publicly traded company, is attractively valued, and carries an 8.8% yield. What's not to like?
The Motley Fool August 24, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	BHP Billiton's Commodity Buffet Is it too late to make a play on the bull run in commodities? BHP Billiton is a highly diversified player -- as are rivals Rio Tinto and Anglo American -- and it's a somewhat safer option for investors who may not want to place all their money on largely single-market bets like CVRD, Inco, or Phelps Dodge.
The Motley Fool December 19, 2003 W.D. Crotty	Freeport's Free Copper How it costs Freeport-McMoRan less than zero to mine its copper
The Motley Fool January 30, 2007 David Lee Smith	Phelps Dodge's Screaming Swan Song The company surprises analysts with its big profit for the latest quarter. However, with the direction of copper prices being difficult to predict, I'd urge investors to watch the company closely.
The Motley Fool October 25, 2007 David Lee Smith	Freeport-McMoRan's Bulging Quarter The copper, gold and molybdenum producer almost doubles its share price in six months following its acquisition of Phelps Dodge earlier this year. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool June 26, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Phelps Dodge's Golden Nickel Already a big metal producer, Phelps Dodge becomes bigger and more diversified. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool August 24, 2006 Will Frankenhoff	BHP Billiton: A Fully Valued Miner? Is there room to run with this leading mining company? Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool March 7, 2007 David Lee Smith	A Copper Marriage Worth Noting With Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold and Phelps Dodge on the verge of reciting their vows, savvy investors might be advised to toss some rice and investment interest.
The Motley Fool April 16, 2008 David Lee Smith	Should We Back Off Freeport? Freeport-McMoRan's share price has run up about 29% since late March. Looking ahead to a company's approaching earnings report, is it time to buy, sell, or waffle?
BusinessWeek May 15, 2006 Gene G. Marcial	A Shine On Phelps Dodge Copper prices are soaring, and so is Phelps Dodge.
The Motley Fool July 26, 2007 David Lee Smith	My, Freeport, How You've Grown Freeport McMoRan's purchase of bigger Phelps Dodge has made for some big, big numbers.
The Motley Fool November 27, 2006 David Lee Smith	Copper Companies Enliven Thanksgiving Freeport-McMoRan's merger bets on sustained copper prices. Investors, keep an eye on these companies since the quest for combinations among the producers likely has not been exhausted.
The Motley Fool January 24, 2008 David Lee Smith	Freeport-McMoRan's Not a Turkey Despite a negative earnings surprise, copper mining company Freeport-McMoRan's still a better buy than a sell. Read on to see why.
The Motley Fool November 20, 2008 David Lee Smith	Will Freeport Fall Further? While copper miner Freeport-McMoRan has been chopped since spring, it's still not the place for your bucks.
The Motley Fool November 27, 2007 David Lee Smith	An End to Freeport's Free Fall? Will short-term trends give way to long-term price appreciation for copper and Freeport McMoRan?
The Motley Fool January 26, 2009 David Lee Smith	Freeport's Lousy Quarter May Have Been Positive There may be positives buried in copper producer Freeport-McMoRan's big quarterly loss.
The Motley Fool June 3, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Magic Copper Yields Phelps Dodge, producers of copper and molybdenum, brings back its quarterly payout.
The Motley Fool April 21, 2008 Will Frankenhoff	Cashing In on Copper Driven by the overall strength of the global economy over the past few years and voracious demand from developing nations, copper prices have enjoyed a stellar run.
The Motley Fool July 23, 2008 David Lee Smith	Freeport-McMoRan: Solid Gold? A sluggish quarter notwithstanding, Freeport looks awfully good.
The Motley Fool July 25, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Freeport-McMoRan's Risky Business One mine, two commodities, and a spike in prices. How will this end up? Investors, be sure to do some careful due diligence before diving in.
The Motley Fool December 27, 2006 David Lee Smith	A Coming Copper Combo Despite falling copper prices, it appears likely that the takeover of Phelps Dodge by Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold will take place. However, the deal still may face at least one hurdle in the form of a challenge from a major institutional holder of Phelps shares.
The Motley Fool February 21, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Inco Outperforms Again Inco delivered another solid quarter, but who knows where nickel prices are going? Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool October 28, 2004 Roger Nusbaum	Digging In at Phelps Dodge Big copper has provided big results, but what's next for the share price?
The Motley Fool December 18, 2009 David Lee Smith	Freeport Still Has Room to Run Freeport-McMoRan is the world's largest publicly traded copper and molybdenum company, along with being a major gold producer, and is still under valued.
The Motley Fool December 29, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Minds on the Mines: Copper Insatiable demand from China and the after-effects of years of under-investment in new capacity have launched the price of this base metal skyward. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool March 16, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	South-of-the-Border Copper As the company with the second-largest copper reserves in the world, Southern Peru Copper has had a good run, but can it repeat the performance of 2004?
The Motley Fool October 22, 2008 David Lee Smith	Nobody's Stealing Freeport's Copper Now Freeport-McMoRan announces that its income for the third quarter dropped substantially, as copper prices have fallen by about half since early July.
The Motley Fool June 16, 2010 David Lee Smith	Is Freeport-McMoRan a Buy? The company has bounced around with copper prices, but its future looks bright.
The Motley Fool April 5, 2007 David Lee Smith	This Beats Stealing Air Conditioners With copper prices strong, some thieves are making off with air conditioning units. A far more sensible and long-term way to benefit from copper's strength is to keep your eyes on Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold.
The Motley Fool October 22, 2009 David Lee Smith	Freeport's Back! (And So Is Its Dividend) Freeport-McMoRan rides a wave of price hikes and cost cuts to one solid quarter.
The Motley Fool May 9, 2007 David Lee Smith	The Mother of All Mergers? Rumors describe a gargantuan alliance between Australian mining and energy giant BHP Billiton and London-based Rio Tinto. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool July 22, 2009 David Lee Smith	A Major Miner to Keep an Eye On While Freeport-McMoRan's earnings slid in the latest quarter, there's still a lot to like.
The Motley Fool March 20, 2007 David Lee Smith	Freeport Seals the Deal Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold has completed the acquisition of Phelps Dodge, tripling its size in the process. This combined company should be on investors' radar screen.
The Motley Fool November 16, 2011 Jim Mueller	This Copper Miner Is Still Cheap Long-term demand will make this a winning investment.
The Motley Fool April 24, 2008 David Lee Smith	Freeport-McMoRan Meets Uncle Cyrus The copper and gold producer beat expectations handily, but the market wasn't impressed.
The Motley Fool August 3, 2010 David Lee Smith	Don't Miss Vale's Red Metal Plan Brazil giant miner Vale is gearing up to become a significant copper producer.
The Motley Fool October 5, 2011 Jim Mueller	Buy This Copper Miner While It's Cheap A historical low P/B with predictions of everlasting gloom give us a good price.
The Motley Fool December 4, 2008 David Lee Smith	Should You Free Yourself From Freeport? Freeport's cutting production, capex, and its dividend. Is it time to sell this stock?
The Motley Fool March 4, 2011 David Lee Smith	Freeport May Be Headed for a Shopping Trip Freeport-McMoRan just might break into an existing acquisition contest.
BusinessWeek July 10, 2006 Gene G. Marcial	What's Polishing Up Southern Copper Southern Copper was a surprise beneficiary of Phelps Dodge's $21.1 billion offer on June 16 to buy nickel miners Inco and Falconbridge
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The Motley Fool September 4, 2008 David Lee Smith	Freeport-McMoRan: Opportunity Knocks With its share price down by a third, this copper company may deserve a look.
The Motley Fool April 21, 2011 David Lee Smith	Freeport Crushes the Consensus In the midst of constant concern about copper prices, Freeport blasted expectations.
The Motley Fool April 5, 2011 David Lee Smith	You Can't Afford to Pass Up Freeport-McMoRan It's time to salt away some shares of the world's biggest publicly held copper producer.
The Motley Fool July 31, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Mining Companies Gone Wild Mixed-up major mining companies scramble to sort out their M&A activity. For whoever "wins" Inco, the Falconbridge offer's failure is probably not terrible news. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool May 26, 2011 Christopher Barker	You Have Been Cleared for Re-Entry Into Copper Following a brief about-face, copper appears ready to resume its upward trend.
BusinessWeek April 3, 2006 Christopher Palmeri	Phelps Dodge: Time To "Make A Buck In The Muck" Mine operator Phelps Dodge aims to strike while the copper is hot.
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