Freeport-McMoRan Announces Appointment of Joshua F. Olmsted as President and Chief Operating Officer – Americas
August 07 2020 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (NYSE: FCX) announced today the
appointment of Joshua F. “Josh” Olmsted as President and Chief
Operating Officer – Americas upon the retirement of Harry M. “Red”
Conger, IV (age 64).
Following a successful 33-year career with Freeport-McMoRan, Red
Conger has elected to retire effective September 1, 2020.
Josh Olmsted (age 49) currently serves as Senior Vice President
– Americas. He has 28 years of experience in the Freeport-McMoRan
organization, including senior leadership roles at several
operating sites in the U.S. and South America. Over the last four
years, he has assumed increasing leadership responsibilities within
the Company’s Americas organization and has been highly effective
in driving critical operational, technology and transformational
initiatives currently in progress.
Josh is a mining engineering graduate of Colorado School of
Mines.
Richard C. Adkerson, President and Chief Executive Officer,
said: “Red has made significant contributions to the Freeport
organization and to the mining industry throughout his 43-year
career in mining. He is a champion for our industry and has been
instrumental in building our Americas business and developing
exceptional operational and technical talent within
Freeport-McMoRan. We appreciate his many contributions and wish him
well in the future.”
Adkerson continued: “Josh has earned the respect and
confidence of the organization and is a seasoned and accomplished
operational leader. He has exceptional technical acumen in a broad
range of mining and development activities, a relentless commitment
to safety, a strong drive and value focus and proven abilities to
lead, challenge and motivate our teams. I am confident that Josh
will do an outstanding job in leading this exceptional operating
team.”
FCX is a leading international mining company with headquarters
in Phoenix, Arizona. FCX operates large, long-lived, geographically
diverse assets with significant proven and probable reserves of
copper, gold and molybdenum. FCX is one of the world’s largest
publicly traded copper producers.
FCX’s portfolio of assets includes the Grasberg minerals
district in Indonesia, one of the world’s largest copper and gold
deposits; and significant mining operations in North America and
South America, including the large-scale Morenci minerals district
in Arizona and the Cerro Verde operation in Peru.
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