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Cyprus Amax Minerals

US mining company

Cyprus Amax Minerals was a major US-based mining company formed in 1993 through the merger of AMAX with the Cyprus Minerals Company. It was one of the world's largest producers of Molybdenum and Lithium and a leading producer of copper and coal.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

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Cyprus Amax
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Cyprus Amax Minerals was a major US-based mining company formed in 1993 through the merger of AMAX with the Cyprus Minerals Company. It was one of the world's largest producers of Molybdenum and Lithium and a leading producer of copper and coal.2

Corporate structure

Cyprus Amax Minerals 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
    • Cyprus Amax Minerals
    • Freeport Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia
    • FREEPORT MINERALS CORPORATION Phoenix, Arizona, United States
      • MINERA FREEPORT-MCMORAN SOUTH AMERICA LIMITADA Subsidiary · Santiago, Chile
    • Cerro Verde Subsidiary · 53.56% · Arequipa, Peru
    • Atlantic Copper, S.L.U. Subsidiary · Spain
    • Climax Molybdenum 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.

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