…US - Freeport-McMoRan Exploration Corp, a unit of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc, was granted an option to acquire a ##% interest in the Peg Leg porphyry copper prospect, located in Arizona, a copper mining property, of Quaterra Resources Inc…

…INDONESIA - Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc of the US raised its interest to ##.##% from ##.##% by acquiring a further #.##% stake in Freeport Indonesia PT, a Jakarta-based gold, silver, and copper mining company. Terms were …

…CANADA - Valley High Ventures Ltd was granted an option to acquire the Flume Property, located in Dawson City, of Phelps Dodge Corp of Canada Ltd, a metal mining company and a unit of Freeport- McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc, for CAD…

…US - Freeport-McMoRan Exploration Corp, a unit of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc, was granted an option to acquire a ##% interest in the Tintic Utah copper project of Quaterra Resources Inc, a Vancouver- based metal mining and exploration company…

…US - Freeport-McMoRan Exploration Corp, a unit of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc, granted an option to acquire ##% interest in the Pebble South property, located in southwest Alaska, from Full Metal Minerals Ltd, a mineral mining company, for $#.…

…US - General Cable Corp acquired all the outstanding stock of Phelps Dodge International Corp, a manufacturer of aluminum and copper products, from Freeport-Mcmoran Copper & Gold Inc, for $### mil. The transaction had been subject to customary closing conditions and …

…US - Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc (FM), acquired all the outstanding common stock of Phelps Dodge Corp (PD), a copper mining company, for $##.### bil. FM offered $## cash and .## common shares per PD share. Based on FM…

…US - Redhawk Copper Inc, a unit of Redhawk Resources Inc, acquired ## mining claims, located in the Bunker Hill Mining District in Pinal County, Arizona, of Phelps Dodge Corp, a copper mining company, for $#.# mil. The consideration consisted…

…CHILE - Minera Aurex (Chile) Ltda, a unit of Freeport-Mcmoran Copper & Gold Inc, withdrew its plans to acquire a ##% interest in the Escalones Copper-Gold Property, located in Santiago, a gold and copper mining property, of South American Silver Corp.…

…BURKINA FASO - Goldcrest Resources Ltd (GR) of Canada acquired a ##% interest in the Gaoua copper gold project, of Phelps Dodge Exploration Corp {PDEC} of the US, a real estate development firm, a wholly owned unit of Phelps Dodge Corp…

…BURKINA FASO - Goldcrest Resources Ltd (GR) of Canada was granted an option to raise its interest to ##% from ##, by acquiring a ##% stake interest in the Gaoua copper gold project, of Phelps Dodge Exploration Corp {PDEC} of the…

…SPAIN - Sociedad Colombina de Promociones Inmobiliarias SA planned to acquire the assets of Atlantic Copper SA, a manufacturer of copper products.…

…US - Trelleborg Building Systems AB, a unit of Trelleborg AB, acquired Kawneer Rubber & Plastics, a manufacturer of sealing products, from Kawneer Co Inc.…

…INDONESIA - The Indonesian government planned to raise its stake to ##.##% from ##% by acquiring a further #.##% stake in Freeport Indonesia PT, a gold, silver, and copper mining company, and an ##.##%-owned unit of Freeport…

…US - Rea Magnet Wire Co Inc, a unit of Alcoa Inc acquired the North American magnet wire assets of Phelps Dodge Corp, a copper mining company, for an estimated $### mil in cash. The transaction was subject to regulatory approval.…

…US - Cytation Corp acquired all the outstanding stock of Deer Valley Homebuilders Inc, a home construction company.…

…CHILE - An investor group, comprised of Sumitomo Metal Mining Co Ltd and Sumitomo Corp, planned to acquire a ##% stake in Cia Contractual Minera Ojos del Salago, a copper mining company, from Phelps Dodge Corp, for ##.### bil Chilean…

…INDONESIA - Indonesian majority state-owned Aneka Tambang PT planned to raise its stake to ##.##% from #.##% stake by acquiring a further #.##% stake in Freeport Indonesia PT, a gold, silver and copper mining company, and an…

…RUSSIA - Fortress Minerals Corp of Canada was granted an option acquire an ##% interest in PD Russia Inc, a real estate development firm, a unit of Phelps Dodge Corp's Phelps Dodge Exploration Corp subsidiary.…

…PERU - Antares Minerals Inc was granted an option to acquire Haquira SX-EW copper project located in Peru, of Minera Phelps Dodge del Peru SAC, a copper mining company, and a unit of Phelps Dodge Corp, for an estimated ##…