Freeport-McMoRan’s Adkerson named Copper Man of the Year

Freeport-McMoRan’s Adkerson named Copper Man of the Year

Richard C. Adkerson, president and CEO of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., will receive The Copper Club’s Ankh Award naming him The Copper Man of the Year 2009 in recognition of his strong leadership at Freeport and in the global mining industry. The award will be presented at The Copper Club’s 2009 annual dinner June [...]

May 12th, 2009 by garydillard 
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Mining industry loses two long-time stalwarts

America’s mining industry has lost two great contributors and supporters in the past few days:  Bill Griffith and T S Ary. (Our thanks to the Northwest Mining Association for providing this information.) William Alexander Griffith, 87, of Hayden, Idaho, died April 30 at home.  He was born March 28, 1922 in Sioux Falls, S.D. to [...]

May 5th, 2009 by garydillard 
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