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Bagdad Complex

Location: 163 km NW from Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Address:

100 Main Street
PO Box 245
Bagdad
Arizona, United States
86321

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Overview

Mine TypeOpen Pit
StatusActive
Commodities
  • Copper
  • Molybdenum
  • Gold
  • Silver
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
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SnapshotThe Bagdad mine is a copper-molybdenum mining complex.

In 2023, Freeport announced a project to convert Bagdad’s fleet of haul trucks to become fully autonomous. The testing of the autonomous fleet is expected to begin in second-quarter 2025 with anticipated project completion by year-end 2025.

Freeport (FCX) has a potential expansion project to more than double the concentrator capacity of the Bagdad operation in northwest Arizona. Bagdad’s reserve life currently exceeds 80 years and supports an expanded operation. In late 2023, FCX completed technical and economic studies, which indicate the opportunity to construct new concentrating facilities to increase copper production by 200 to 250 million pounds per year. In parallel, FCX is enhancing local infrastructure and advancing activities for expanded tailings infrastructure projects required under long-range plans in order to advance the potential construction timeline.
Latest NewsFreeport Fourth-Quarter and Year Ended 2024 Financial and Operating Results Release Available on Its Website     January 23, 2025

Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Freeport-McMoRan Inc. 100 % Indirect
Freeport-McMoRan Bagdad Inc. (operator) 100 % Direct
Freeport-McMoRan owns 100% of the Bagdad mine through its wholly-owned subsidiary Freeport Minerals Corp.

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Deposit type

  • Porphyry

Summary:

The Bagdad mine is a porphyry copper deposit containing both sulfide and oxide mineralization. Chalcopyrite and molybdenite are the dominant primary sulfides and are the primary economic minerals in the mine. Chalcocite is the most common secondary copper sulfide mineral, and the predominant oxide copper minerals are chrysocolla, malachite and azurite.

Reserves

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Mining Methods

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Comminution

Crushers and Mills

Milling equipment has not been reported.

Processing

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Production

CommodityUnits2024202320222021202020192018201720162015
Copper M lbs  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe218199173177210
Molybdenum M lbs  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe1310989

Operational metrics

Metrics2024202320222021202020192018201720162015
Daily mining capacity  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe250,000 t250,000 t250,000 t250,000 t250,000 t
Daily milling capacity  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe81,600 t of ore (in concentrator)
Annual production capacity  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe5 M lbs of copper cathode32 M lbs of copper cathode32 M lbs of copper cathode32 M lbs of copper cathode32 M lbs of copper cathode
Daily milling capacity  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe
Daily milling capacity  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe75,000 t75,000 t75,000 t75,000 t

Production Costs

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Financials

Units201920182017
Capital expenditures M USD 150   39   12  
Operating Income M USD 204   185   143  

Heavy Mobile Equipment

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EV - Electric
AV - Autonomous

Personnel

Mine Management

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