Cerro Verde

Sociedads Minera Cerro Verde S.A.A.
Public
Traded as BVL: CVERDEC1
Industry Mining
Founded (1970)
Headquarters Arequipa, Peru
Key people
 John Douglas Brack (CEO)
Products Copper
Revenue Decrease US$ 1.7 Billion (2009)
Decrease US$ 709.0 million (2009)
Number of employees
 1,938
Parent Freeport-McMoRan
Website Cerro Verde

Cerro Verde is a Peru-based mining company. Its activities include the extraction, exploitation and production copper from the porphyry copper deposit located southeast of the city of Arequipa. In addition, the company holds a copper sale agreement with Sumitomo Metal Mining, as well as a molybdenum sale contract with Climax Molibdenum Marketing Corporation.[1]

Cerro Verde project is undergoing a major expansion in order to increase its concentrator facilities to 360,000 metric tons-per-day (mtd). Fluor Corporation is in charge of the construction management services for the said expansion.[2]

Montgomery Watson y Harza (MWH) and Alto Cayma consortium supervised the construction and constructed respectively La Tomilla II drinking water plant, a social responsibility project through which potable water for residents of Arequipa in Perú is being produced and delivered.[3]

References

  1. ↑ https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=CVE.LM
  2. ↑ "Cerro Verde Expansion". Digiscend.com. 2014. Retrieved 2014-11-18.
  3. ↑ "La Tomilla II drinking water plant". Digiscend.com. 2014. Retrieved 2014-11-26.
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