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Company: Freeport-McMoRan Corporation
Current Parent Company: Freeport-McMoRan
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Penalty: $6,800,000
Year: 2012
Date: April 24, 2012
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Secondary Offense: mining violation
Violation Description: The Department of Justice and the Department of the Interior announced that Freeport-McMoRan Corporation and Freeport-McMoRan Morenci Inc. agreed to pay $6.8 million to settle federal and state natural resource damages claims related to the Morenci copper mine in southeastern Arizona.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department multiagency referral
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Arizona
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Arizona
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: mining and minerals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: mining
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