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Freeport-McMoRan Q2 2025 earnings summary

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Q2 2025 earnings summary23 Jul, 2025

Executive summary

  • Achieved strong operating performance in Q2 2025, with copper and gold sales volumes and pricing exceeding guidance, and net income attributable to common stockholders rising to $772 million.

  • Indonesian smelter startup commenced in May 2025, with first copper cathode produced in July, ahead of schedule after a 2024 fire.

  • U.S. copper operations benefited from a 50% tariff on imports, driving a 28% COMEX premium over LME and boosting margins and cash flow.

  • Advancing innovative copper leaching and organic growth projects, including Bagdad expansion and Kucing Liar mine development.

  • Strong balance sheet with $4.5B in cash, net debt at $1.5B, and investment grade ratings.

Financial highlights

  • Q2 2025 revenues reached $7.6B, up 14% year-over-year, with net income of $772M and diluted EPS of $0.53.

  • Adjusted EBITDA for Q2 2025 was $3.2B; operating cash flows were $2.2B; capital expenditures $1.3B.

  • Q2 2025 copper sales: 1.0B lbs; gold sales: 522K oz; copper realization: $4.54/lb; gold: $3,291/oz.

  • Net unit cash production costs improved to $1.13/lb, significantly below prior guidance.

  • Share repurchases totaled 2.9M shares in H1 2025 at an average $36.41/share.

Outlook and guidance

  • 2025 copper sales projected at 3.95B lbs, gold at 1.3M oz, molybdenum at 82M lbs; Q3 2025: 1.0B lbs copper, 350K oz gold, 18M lbs molybdenum.

  • 2025 unit net cash cost for copper expected at $1.55/lb; operating cash flows estimated at $7.0B, or $7.9B including U.S. premium.

  • 2025 capital expenditures expected at $4.9B, including $2.7B for major mining projects and $0.6B for Indonesia downstream facilities.

  • EBITDA sensitivity: $11.5B at $4 copper, $15.5B at $5 copper; each $0.10/lb copper change equals ~$425M EBITDA.

  • Ongoing ramp-up of Indonesian smelter and leaching initiatives targeting 300M lbs incremental copper by year-end.

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Freeport-McMoRan Inc. engages in the mining of mineral properties in North America, South America, and Indonesia. It owns and operates copper mines, including the Phoenix mine; molybdenum mines, including the East Boulder Mine; gold mines, including the Tanami mine; uranium and vanadium operations, including the Nichols Ranch property; oil and natural gas assets in Alaska through Chugach Alaska Corporation; copper assets through FCX Minerals Inc.; coal assets through Independence Coal Company LLC; iron ore assets through Cliffs Natural Resources Inc.; oil sands assets through CVR Partners LP; and gold assets through McMoRan Exploration Co. Freeport-McMoRan Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.

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