According to Mining Weekly, Freeport-McMoRan's board approved a $4.5 billion expansion and modernization plan for its Bagdad copper-molybdenum mine in northwest Arizona on November 5. The project will increase mining and ore processing capacity, with copper annual production expected to rise by approximately 225 million pounds to over 400 million pounds, and molybdenum production to increase by 12 million pounds to over 20 million pounds annually. The expansion is expected to be completed by mid