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Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. Reports Second-Quarter and Six-Month 2006 Results
Tuesday July 18, 8:02 am ET


NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 18, 2006--Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE: FCX - News):
HIGHLIGHTS

Second-quarter 2006 net income of $367 million, $1.74 per share, compared with net income of $175 million, $0.91 per share, for the second quarter of 2005.
Second-quarter 2006 sales for PT Freeport Indonesia (PT-FI), FCX's Indonesian mining unit, totaled 220.1 million pounds of copper and 278.0 thousand ounces of gold, compared with 313.7 million pounds and 616.4 thousand ounces in the second quarter of 2005.

Link to coplete report: http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/060718/20060718005521.html?.v=1

Base metal companies earnings are going to rock this quarter!

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