Private company
Cerro Verde
Logo: Sociedad Minera Cerro Verde S.A.A., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4
Cerro Verde is a Peru-based mining company founded in 1970. Its activities include the extraction, exploitation and production of copper from the porphyry copper deposit located southeast of the city of Arequipa. In addition, the company holds a copper sale agreement with Sumitomo Metal Mining, as well as a molybdenum sale contract with Climax Molybdenum Company.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Industrymining1
- HeadquartersArequipa1
- Websitewww.fcx.com/operations/Peru_Arequipa.htm
- Listed onLima Stock Exchange (CVERDEC1)1
- Legal formSocieda Anónima Abierta3
- LEI5493002F857O2TX7EU133
- StatusActive3
- LEI statusIssued and current3
- Registered addressCAL.JACINTO IBANEZ NRO., 04013 Arequipa, Peru3
- Registered withSuperintendencia Nacional de Aduanas y de Administración Tributaria (SUNAT), 201700724653
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Cerro Verde is a Peru-based mining company founded in 1970. Its activities include the extraction, exploitation and production of copper from the porphyry copper deposit located southeast of the city of Arequipa. In addition, the company holds a copper sale agreement with Sumitomo Metal Mining, as well as a molybdenum sale contract with Climax Molybdenum Company.2
Corporate structure
Cerro Verde is part of a group headed by Freeport-McMoRan. 14 entities, 5 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
- Freeport-McMoRan Phoenix, Arizona, United States
- Atlantic Copper Huelva, Spain
- Freeport Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia
- FREEPORT MINERALS CORPORATION Phoenix, Arizona, United States
- Cerro Verde Arequipa, Peru
- MINERA FREEPORT-MCMORAN SOUTH AMERICA LIMITADA Subsidiary · Santiago, Chile
- Atlantic Copper, S.L.U. Subsidiary · Spain
- Climax Molybdenum Company Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
- Cyprus Amax Minerals Company Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
- Cyprus Climax Metals Company Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
- Cyprus Metals Company Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
- Freeport-McMoRan Morenci Inc. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
- PT Freeport Indonesia Subsidiary · Indonesia
- Sociedad Minera Cerro Verde S.A.A. Subsidiary · Peru
Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 of annual reports filed with the SEC; subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.
Products and brands
- copper
Listed on Wikidata.1
Subsidiaries and ownership
Owners
- Freeport-McMoRan 53.6%
- Sumitomo Metal Mining 21%
- Buenaventura 19.6%
Parent company (GLEIF)
Ultimate parent
From Wikidata.1 Ownership links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); each one cites its LEI record.
Timeline
Links
- Websitewww.fcx.com/operations/Peru_Arequipa.htm1
- X (Twitter)x.com/smcerroverde1
- YouTubewww.youtube.com/channel/UCwCXGCg3jRPZvIn0RcxVPKQ1
- WikipediaCerro Verde
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ5064993
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikidataCerro Verde on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaCerro Verde on Wikipedia
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