# Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE: FCX) Critical Minerals Exposure

Freeport-McMoRan is linked to 1 critical mineral: a producer of copper. It is listed on the New York Stock Exchange as FCX and based in the USA.

Source: https://www.stockatomics.com/companies/freeport-mcmoran-nyse-fcx
Exchange: NYSE
Ticker: FCX
Country: USA
Production verified from filings: yes

## Critical minerals linked to Freeport-McMoRan

| Mineral | Role | Price per kg (USD) | 1M change | Stocks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Copper](https://www.stockatomics.com/commodities/copper-price-us) | Producer | $13.92 per kg contained | +2.2% | [Copper stocks](https://www.stockatomics.com/commodities/copper-stocks) |

## Sectors Freeport-McMoRan serves

- [AI](https://www.stockatomics.com/sectors/ai)
- [Batteries](https://www.stockatomics.com/sectors/batteries)
- [Defence](https://www.stockatomics.com/sectors/defence)
- [Electric Vehicles](https://www.stockatomics.com/sectors/electric-vehicles)
- [Power Grids](https://www.stockatomics.com/sectors/power-grids)
- [Robotics](https://www.stockatomics.com/sectors/robotics)
- [Semiconductors](https://www.stockatomics.com/sectors/semiconductors)

## About Freeport-McMoRan

Freeport-McMoRan is one of the world's largest publicly traded copper producers, based in Phoenix, Arizona. It runs Grasberg in Indonesia, one of the biggest copper and gold deposits on earth, together with a cluster of mines in Arizona and New Mexico and further operations in Peru and Chile. It is also a leading producer of molybdenum.

## Freeport-McMoRan's critical minerals business

Copper is Freeport-McMoRan's critical mineral and its main product, mined at Grasberg in Indonesia, at Morenci and its other operations in Arizona and New Mexico, at Cerro Verde in Peru and at El Abra in Chile. Gold comes from Grasberg and molybdenum from its US mines, yet copper drives the company, and much of its US output is smelted and refined at its own facilities, keeping metal for grids, electric vehicles and data centres within the country.

## Where Freeport-McMoRan operates

Freeport-McMoRan's Grasberg district is in Papua, Indonesia, run by PT Freeport Indonesia. In North America its mines include Morenci, Bagdad, Safford, Sierrita and Chino, with a smelter at Miami, Arizona. In South America it operates Cerro Verde in Peru and El Abra in Chile.

## In the Stockatomics Terminal

Share price against its minerals, mineral exposure by value, the exposure score and its components, verified production with sources, downstream demand exposure and catalysts affecting Freeport-McMoRan.

## FAQ

### Which critical minerals does Freeport-McMoRan produce?

Freeport-McMoRan is linked to 1 critical mineral: it is a producer of copper. Each mineral's price is on its page: [Copper](/commodities/copper-price-us).

### Is Freeport-McMoRan a copper stock?

Yes. Freeport-McMoRan is a producer of copper, one of the 20 listed companies Stockatomics links to it. [See all copper stocks](/commodities/copper-stocks).

### Where is Freeport-McMoRan listed?

Freeport-McMoRan is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker FCX (NYSE: FCX), and is based in the USA.

### What is Grasberg?

One of the largest copper and gold mining districts in the world, in Papua, Indonesia, operated by PT Freeport Indonesia, which Freeport-McMoRan co-owns with the Indonesian state.

### Does Freeport-McMoRan produce molybdenum?

Yes. It is a leading molybdenum producer, from primary molybdenum mines in Colorado and as a by-product of its copper mines.

## Related companies

- [Anglo American](https://www.stockatomics.com/companies/anglo-american-lon-aal) (LON: AAL): Copper, Manganese, Metallurgical coal, Nickel
- [Antofagasta](https://www.stockatomics.com/companies/antofagasta-lon-anto) (LON: ANTO): Copper
- [Barrick Mining](https://www.stockatomics.com/companies/barrick-mining-nyse-b) (NYSE: B): Copper
- [BHP](https://www.stockatomics.com/companies/bhp-nyse-bhp) (NYSE: BHP): Copper, Metallurgical coal
- [Boliden](https://www.stockatomics.com/companies/boliden-sto-bol) (STO: BOL): Copper, Lead, Nickel, Tellurium, Zinc
- [Capstone Copper](https://www.stockatomics.com/companies/capstone-copper-tse-cs) (TSE: CS): Copper
- [CMOC Group](https://www.stockatomics.com/companies/cmoc-group-hkg-3993) (HKG: 3993): Cobalt, Copper, Niobium, Phosphate, Tungsten
- [First Quantum Minerals](https://www.stockatomics.com/companies/first-quantum-minerals-tse-fm) (TSE: FM): Copper, Nickel
- [Glencore](https://www.stockatomics.com/companies/glencore-otc-glcnf) (OTC: GLCNF): Chromium, Cobalt, Copper, Lead, Metallurgical coal, Nickel, Silver, Vanadium, Zinc
- [Hudbay Minerals](https://www.stockatomics.com/companies/hudbay-minerals-tse-hbm) (TSE: HBM): Copper, Silver, Zinc
- [Ivanhoe Mines](https://www.stockatomics.com/companies/ivanhoe-mines-tse-ivn) (TSE: IVN): Copper, Zinc
- [KGHM Polska Miedz](https://www.stockatomics.com/companies/kghm-otc-kghpf) (OTC: KGHPF): Copper, Silver

## Sources

- Company filings: Freeport-McMoRan’s minerals and its role in each.
- U.S. Geological Survey (USGS): the US critical minerals list.
- Stockatomics: each mineral’s benchmark price per kg.

Last updated 18 October 2026.