---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000831259-26-000043"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FCX"
cik: "0000831259"
company_name: "FREEPORT-MCMORAN INC"
filed_at: "2026-10-02T12:35:06+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T14:32:30.098187+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Freeport-McMoRan Q3 copper production ~830M lbs, gold sales deferred 60K oz, costs 5% above estimate

## Summary
- Q3 copper production ~830 million pounds, in line; copper sales expected ~750 million pounds, matching July estimate.
- Gold production ~230K oz; gold sales ~100K oz, below July estimate due to deferral of ~60K oz to Q4 at PTFI.
- Unit net cash costs expected ~5% above July estimate of $2.00/lb copper; average realized price expected to exceed $6.50/lb.
- Grasberg mill throughput ~140,000 mt/day (~67% of normalized rates), incl ~70,000 mt/day from Grasberg Block Cave; smelter restarted late Aug 2026.
- FCX plans Q3 earnings release Oct 27, 2026; advancing Bagdad expansion decision by year-end 2026, El Abra regulatory process.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000831259-26-000043
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FCX
- cik: 0000831259
- company_name: FREEPORT-MCMORAN INC
- filed_at: 2026-10-02T12:35:06+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/831259/000083125926000043/0000831259-26-000043-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/831259/000083125926000043/fcx-20261002.htm

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