Freeport-McMoRan is a leading international mining company based in Phoenix. It operates geographically diverse assets with significant proven and probable reserves of copper, gold, and molybdenum. The company's portfolio of assets includes the Grasberg minerals district in Indonesia, one of the world's largest copper and gold deposits; the Morenci minerals district in North America; and the Cerro Verde and El Abra mines in South America. The company has approximately 28,500 employees. FCX shares are a component of the S&P 500.

Stocks are mixed on Thursday midday. It's a heavy news day with economic data including Retail Sales and Producer Prices out this morning. Earnings are still pouring in and moving individual stock prices. Fed Chairman Powell also spoke this morning and noted that the economy is entering a period of more frequent and more persistent supply shocks. He also said he expects inflation to continue to be volatile.

Based in Toronto, Barrick Gold is one of the world's largest gold miners. In 2024, the firm produced nearly 3.9 million attributable ounces of gold and about 430 million pounds of copper. At year-end 2024, Barrick had about two decades of gold reserves along with significant copper reserves. After buying Randgold in 2019 and combining its Nevada mines in a joint venture with competitor Newmont later that year, it operates mines in 19 countries in the Americas, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. The company also has growing copper exposure. Its potential Reko Diq project in Pakistan, if developed, could double copper production by the end of the decade.

Newmont is the world's largest gold miner. It bought Goldcorp in 2019, combined its Nevada mines in a joint venture with competitor Barrick later that year, and also purchased competitor Newcrest in November 2023. Its portfolio includes 17 wholly or majority owned mines and interests in two joint ventures in the Americas, Africa, Australia and Papua New Guinea. The company is expected to sell roughly 5.6 million ounces of gold in 2025 from its core mines after selling six higher-cost, smaller mines. Newmont also produces material amounts of copper, silver, zinc, and lead as byproducts. It had about two decades of gold reserves along with significant byproduct reserves at the end of December 2024.