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- Phelps Dodge Corporation
- Country : United States
- City: Phoenix
- State: Arizona - AZ
- Address: 1 N. Central Ave.
- Zipcode: 85004-2306
- Category: Fortune 500 Companies
- Description: Phelps Dodge (PD) is glad pennies don't fall from heaven. Thanks in part to its 1999 acquisition of Cyprus Amax, PD is the world's second-largest copper producer, after Chile's Codelco. Copper accounts for two-thirds of PD's sales, but the company also produces gold, silver, and other mineral and chemical by-products of its copper operations. Other businesses -- which may be sold -- include Phelps Dodge Wire and Cable (magnet wire used in electrical motors; specialty conductors for the aerospace, computer, and automotive industries; and telecommunications cables) and Columbian Chemicals (a producer of carbon black used in rubber products).
- Products: Metals
- Employees: 11,000