Freeport-McMoRan Plans Production Ramp-Up: 'It's Just A Matter Of Time' New CEO Says
Freeport-McMoRan Plans Production Ramp-Up: 'It's Just A Matter Of Time' New CEO Says
Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE:FCX) has appointed Kathleen Quirk as its new CEO, marking a significant leadership change as the company gears up to increase copper production to meet growing global demand.
麥克莫蘭銅金（NYSE:FCX）已任命凱瑟琳·奎克（Kathleen Quirk）擔任其新任CEO，這標誌着公司迎來了一次重大領導層變動，以滿足不斷增長的全球需求而增加銅產量。
Quirk, who joined Freeport in 1989 and previously served as CFO since 2003, is the only female CEO of a major mining company. She inherits several challenges, including a persistent labor shortage, lower ore grades at aging mines, and higher costs amid recent inflationary pressures. Despite these issues, Quirk is optimistic about the future, focusing on internal growth projects and technological innovations.
奎克自1989年加入麥克莫蘭銅金，自2003年擔任CFO以來，是一家主要礦業公司唯一的女性CEO。她繼承了幾項挑戰，包括持續的勞動力短缺、老化礦山的低礦石品位和近期通貨膨脹壓力下的較高成本。儘管存在這些問題，奎克對未來持樂觀態度，專注於內部增長項目和技術創新。
Over the past decade, Freeport has concentrated on cutting costs, reducing debt, and resolving legal disputes, particularly in Indonesia. Now, with a stronger financial position, the company is ready to enhance its production capabilities. Freeport operates major copper mines across the U.S., Indonesia, Peru, Chile, and Spain.
在過去的十年中，麥克莫蘭銅金集中精力削減成本、減少債務以及解決法律糾紛，尤其是在印度尼西亞。如今，隨着更強大的財務狀況，該公司準備增強其生產能力。麥克莫蘭銅金在美國、印度尼西亞、秘魯、智利和西班牙擁有主要的銅礦。
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The rise in copper prices, driven by its essential role in the energy transition and increasing global demand, has bolstered the company's market position. Freeport's stock rose 30% over the past year, outpacing the 17% rise in copper futures.
銅價上漲，驅動了麥克莫蘭銅金在市場上的地位。麥克莫蘭銅金的股價在過去一年中上漲了30%，超過了銅期貨上漲的17%。
With a strong financial position, the market participants speculated whether the company would pursue major acquisitions, like its rival BHP, which recently abandoned a $49 billion bid for Anglo American. However, Quirk has no plans for major acquisitions. Instead, she aims to leverage technology to extract copper from waste rock accumulated over decades.
擁有強大財務實力的市場參與者猜測該公司是否會像競爭對手BHP一樣追求重大收購，而BHP最近放棄了對安哥洛美洲的490億美元的收購要約。然而，奎克沒有重大收購計劃。相反，她旨在利用技術從堆積數十年的廢石中提取銅。
Quirk stated that the company hopes to use this technology to generate as much as 800 million pounds of copper annually over the next three to five years.
奎克表示，該公司希望利用這項技術在未來三到五年內每年生產多達8億磅的銅。
"That's the size of a big mine. That's meaningful. Our team is working very aggressively to get that done," Quirk said in an interview for Bloomberg. This innovative approach will enable Freeport to access previously unreachable material, a method also being explored by other industry players like BHP, Rio Tinto Group, and Antofagasta.
“這就是一個大礦山的規模。這非常有意義。我們的團隊正在非常積極地努力實現這一目標，”奎克在接受彭博採訪時說。這種創新方法將使麥克莫蘭銅金能夠接觸到以前難以接觸的材料，這種方法也被其他行業參與者如BHP、力拓和富礦資源集團探索。
The company has already recovered an additional 200 million pounds of copper through its new processes and aims to recover another 200 million pounds in the next two years.
該公司已通過其新工藝回收了額外的2億磅銅，並計劃在未來兩年內再回收2億磅銅。
"We think we're going to get there — it's just a matter of time," Quirk said.
奎克表示：“我們認爲我們會實現這一目標-這只是時間問題。”
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