secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     FREEPORT-MCMORAN INC (FCX)
CIK:        0000831259
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-10-02T12:35:06+00:00
Accession:  0000831259-26-000043
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/831259/000083125926000043/0000831259-26-000043-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/831259/000083125926000043/fcx-20261002.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000831259-26-000043

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