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• Blackwell residents file lawsuit against mining company

  - 2008-04-15

  A class-action lawsuit filed Monday alleges that an old zinc smelter exposed Blackwell residents to lead, arsenic and cadmium contamination. The Blackwell Zinc Smelter, which opened in 1916, has been closed since 1974. Attorneys for the plaintiffs say that Freeport-McMoRan Copper and Gold, a mining company,...

  Tags: attorney, Benefits, contamination, HEALTHCARE, lawsuit, Phelps Dodge Corp., SOFTWARE, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

• MULTIMEDIA DOCUMENT Nix, Patterson & Roach LLP Files Class Action Lawsuit against Mining Giant Freeport-McMoRan

  - 2008-04-14

  Town of 7,000 Bands Together to Sue Company over Lead and Arsenic Contamination BLACKWELL, Okla. -- Please replace the multimedia document with the accompanying corrected multimedia document. The corrected release reads: NIX, PATTERSON & ROACH LLP FILES CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST MINING GIANT FREEPORT-MCMORAN Town of...

  Tags: Benefits, contamination, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., HEALTHCARE, Litigation, multimedia, Oklahoma, Phelps Dodge Corp., SOFTWARE, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

• Remembering John Vincent Coulter

  - 2008-01-14

  The longest baby ever born at the Albany, N.Y., hospital, at least as of May 5, 1926, who grew up to be my strapping father, passed away last Friday morning. As Mother and I stood at Daddy's casket Monday morning, Mother repeated his joke to him, which he said on...

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• Fitch Upgrades Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold's IDR to 'BB+'

  - 2007-10-26

  NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings has upgraded the Issuer Default Rating IDR and debt ratings of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. FCX and its subsidiary, Phelps Dodge, as follows: FCX --IDR to 'BB+' from 'BB'; --$1 billion secured bank revolver to 'BBB-' from 'BB+'; --Secured term...

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• Minera Phelps Dodge del Peru Options Peruvian Exploration Projects to Amera Resources

  - 2007-10-02

  Amera Resources Corporation (TSX VENTURE: AMS)(OTCBB: AJRSF)(FRANKFURT: OAY)(WKN: A0B54E) is pleased to announce that the Company, through its subsidiary Amera Resources BVI Inc., has entered into two option agreements with Minera Phelps Dodge del Peru S.A.C. ("MPDP"), an indirect subsidiary of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., to earn up to...

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• Minera Phelps Dodge del Peru Options Peruvian Exploration Projects to Amera Resources.

  - 2007-10-02

  VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Oct 2, 2007 Marketwire via COMTEX -- Amera Resources Corporation (TSX VENTURE:AMS)(OTCBB:AJRSF)(FRANKFURT:OAY)(WKN:A0B54E) is pleased to announce that the Company, through its subsidiary Amera Resources BVI Inc., has VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Oct 2, 2007 Marketwire via COMTEX -- Amera Resources Corporation (TSX...

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• St. Marys River/Tannery Bay Cleanup Finished

  - 2007-09-20

  To: STATE EDITORSContact: Phillippa Cannon of the U.S. Envirmental Protection Agency, +1-312-353-6218, cannon.phillipp@epa.gov CHICAGO, Sept. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Great Lakes Legacy Act cleanup of Tannery Bay on St. Marys River in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., is complete. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Phelps Dodge and Michigan Department of Environmental Quality...

  Tags: cleanup, Michigan, Phelps Dodge Corp., pollution, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

• Cornerstone Partners With Phelps Dodge Corporation of Canada, Limited to Explore for Copper in New Brunswick.

  - 2007-08-29

  MOUNT PEARL, NEWFOUNDLAND, Aug 29, 2007 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- Cornerstone Capital Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:CGP) (FRANKFURT:GWN) (BERLIN:GWN) (PINK SHEETS:CTNXF) today announced a Joint Venture/Earn-in Agreement with Phelps Dodge Corporation MOUNT PEARL, NEWFOUNDLAND, Aug 29, 2007 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- Cornerstone Capital Resources Inc....

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• Mountain America Mining.

  - 2007-04-23

  By Hol Wagner Good times return for most types of mining in the Mountain states For the first time in a number of years, the overall outlook for the mining industry in Mountain America is about as bright as...

  Tags: Barrick Gold Corp., Columbus Gold Corp., Denison Mines Inc., Newmont Mining Corp., Phelps Dodge Corp.

• Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. Completes Acquisition of Phelps Dodge Corp. Creating World's Largest Publicly Traded Copper Company

  - 2007-03-19

  NEW ORLEANS & PHOENIX -- Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE: FCX) today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Phelps Dodge Corporation (NYSE: PD), creating the world's largest publicly traded copper company.

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