Freeport-McMoRan Reports Second-Quarter and Six-Month 2015 Results

24.07.2015

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Africa Mining. Through its 56 percent owned and consolidated subsidiary Tenke Fungurume Mining S.A. (TFM), FCX operates in the Tenke Fungurume (Tenke) minerals district in the Katanga province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In addition to copper, the Tenke mine produces cobalt hydroxide.
Operating and Development Activities. TFM completed its second phase expansion project in early 2013, which included increasing mine, mill and processing capacity. Construction of a second sulphuric acid plant is under way, with completion expected in the first half of 2016. FCX continues to engage in exploration activities and metallurgical testing to evaluate the potential of the highly prospective minerals district at Tenke. These analyses are being incorporated in future plans for potential expansions of production capacity. Future expansions are subject to a number of factors, including power availability, economic and market conditions, and the business and investment climate in the DRC.
Operating Data. Following is summary consolidated operating data for the Africa mining operations for the second quarters and first six months of 2015 and 2014:

a. Includes point-of-sale transportation costs as negotiated in customer contracts.b. For a reconciliation of unit net cash costs per pound to production and delivery costs applicable to sales reported in FCX's consolidated financial statements, refer to the supplemental schedules, "Product Revenues and Production Costs," beginning on page XIV, which is available on FCX's website, "fcx.com."c. Net of cobalt downstream processing and freight costs.TFM's copper sales of 104 million pounds in second-quarter 2015 were lower than second-quarter 2014 copper sales of 118 million pounds primarily because of timing of shipments. TFM's sales are expected to approximate 460 million pounds of copper and 36 million pounds of cobalt for the year 2015, compared with 425 million pounds of copper and 30 million pounds of cobalt for the year 2014.Africa mining's unit net cash costs (net of cobalt credits) of $1.07 per pound of copper in second-quarter 2015 were lower than unit net cash costs of $1.18 per pound of copper in second-quarter 2014, primarily reflecting higher cobalt credits, partly offset by lower copper sales volumes. Unit net cash costs (net of cobalt credits) for Africa mining are expected to approximate $1.12 per pound of copper for the year 2015, based on current sales volume and cost estimates and assuming an average cobalt price of $13 per pound for the second half of 2015. Africa mining's projected unit net cash costs would change by approximately $0.05 per pound for each $2 per pound change in the average price of cobalt for the second half of 2

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