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| Company type | Public |
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| BVL: CVERDEC1 | |
| Industry | Mining |
| Founded | (1970) |
| Headquarters | Arequipa,Peru |
Key people | John Douglas Brack (CEO) |
| Products | Copper |
| Revenue |  US$ 1.7 Billion (2009) |
| US$ 709.0 million (2009) | |
Number of employees | 1,938 |
| Parent | Freeport-McMoRan |
| Website | Cerro Verde |
Cerro Verde is aPeru-based mining company founded in 1970. Its activities include the extraction, exploitation and production ofcopper from theporphyry copper deposit located southeast of the city ofArequipa. In addition, the company holds a copper sale agreement withSumitomo Metal Mining, as well as amolybdenum sale contract withClimax Molybdenum Company.[1]
Cerro Verde project is undergoing a major expansion in order to increase its concentrator facilities to 360,000 metric tons-per-day (mtd).Fluor Corporation is in charge of the construction management services for said expansion.[2]
Montgomery Watson y Harza (MWH) and Alto Cayma consortium supervised the construction. They have together constructed the La Tomilla II drinking water plant, a social responsibility project through which potable water for residents of Arequipa in Perú is being produced and delivered.[3]
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