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Parallels Between Freeport McMoRan and Stratus?
"...you for the update on the environmental abuses of Freeport McMoRan in Indonesia ["Written in Stone," News, Sept. 23]...."

Sept. 27, 2005 Postmarks

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold and Royal/Dutch Shell, A Comparison:
"...Freeport Shell..."

Feb. 23, 1996 News Feature

Freeport McMoRan: A Timeline
"...1959 Forbes Wilson, exploration chief for Freeport Sulphur Co., learns of Ertsberg from Dozy's report, visits..."

Nov. 10, 1995 News Feature

Freeport McMoRan: A Timeline
"...was promptly ignored. 1959 Forbes Wilson, exploration chief for Freeport Sulphur Co., learns of Ertsberg from Dozy's report, visits..."

Nov. 10, 1995 News Feature

Freeport's Stronghold
Tax Dispute Puts West Texas Town in Financial Limbo
"...on October 1 hue to a tax dispute with Freeport-McMoRan. (l-r) Raul Balcazar who has worked for the county..."

Oct. 3, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Freeport's Motherlode
The Feds Undress Jim Bob
"...the CEO, president, and chairman of the board of Freeport-McMoRan as saying that the pollution coming from his company's..."

Nov. 10, 1995 News Feature

Freeport & Grasberg: A Chronology
"...1959: Forbes Wilson, exploration chief for Freeport Sulphur Co., learns of Ertsberg from Dozy's report, visits..."

Sept. 23, 2005 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Freeport Wins Small
Thousands and Thousands of Dollars
"...City of Austin. FM Properties (FMP), a subsidiary of Freeport-McMoRan, filed the suit last October under the Federal Civil..."

May 19, 1995 News Feature by Daryl Slusher

OPIC Letter to Freeport
Footnotes:
"...extending the effective date of the termination to provide Freeport with an opportunity to discuss this matter, make alternative..."

Nov. 10, 1995 News Feature

Freeport Meets Its Critics
EnvironsCompany Vows to `Hunker Down and Go'
"...Sisters of Humility of Mary, standing in front of Freeport headquarters in New Orleans. photograph by Robert Bryce It's..."

May 15, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Freeport at Grasberg: 'Devastated the river system'
"...are no published reports of any independent monitoring of Freeport's mine and its environmental effects. But there is an..."

Sept. 23, 2005 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Culberson Vs. Freeport: a Comparison
"...Revenues 1996 Profit Employees Highest Paid Employee in 1996 Freeport McMoRan & FM Resource Partners LP $1,900,000,000 $222,400,000 514..."

Oct. 3, 1997 News Feature

Written in Stone
UT's Jim Bob Moffett and Freeport-McMoRan ride a new wave of allegations of business as usual: exploitation, cronyism, and environmental devastation
"...Bob") Moffett and he's the chairman of New Orleans-based Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc...."

Sept. 23, 2005 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Business as Usual?
Freeport Strikes Gold, Spawns Scrutiny
"...How did Freeport- McMoRan Copper & Gold win the contract to mine..."

March 7, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Law of the Land
Plaintiffs in Freeport Suit Are Harassed
"...mili- tary and local police stationed in and around Freeport-McMoRan's gold and copper mine in Irian Jaya, Indonesia have..."

Sept. 27, 1996 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Council Watch
Freeport's Back
"...Freeport-McMoRan and the city are wheeling and dealing again. This..."

July 7, 1995 News Column by Alex de Marban

"Corporate Predator" Dissected
Freeport Makes The Nation
"...Have I talked about Freeport-McMoRan lately? Well, I'm sorry if I haven't, because our..."

July 21, 1995 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Fort Knox on Poydras
Freeport Shareholders Are Secured
"...Bob Moffett's explanation to shareholders during the April 29 Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FMCG) shareholder meeting at the company's..."

May 9, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Naked City
Freeport's Mercenary Murderers?
"...dead -- killed, it appears, by Indonesian soldiers. And Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, the operator of the mine, has..."

March 28, 2003 News Feature by Robert Bryce

The Battle for the Springs: A Chronology
"...In wake of bankruptcy of Connally and Barnes, Freeport-McMoRan Inc. buys 2,200 acres of the former Barnes-Connally development,..."

Aug. 9, 2002 News Feature

Moneybags Moffett
Another Fine Pay Day for Jim Bob
"...The CEO of New Orleans-based Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FMCG), last year Moffett had a..."

April 25, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce

It's a First: Cunningham Responds
"...William Cunningham. Calling Cunningham's close ties to New Orleans-based Freeport-McMoRan "morally repugnant," Feld wrote, "My work, for almost 20..."

Sept. 29, 1995 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Jump off the Board
...And the Truth Shall Set You Free
"...an editorial by Robert Bryce, who has reported on Freeport-McMoRan since 1990. William Cunningham must resign immediately from Freeport-McMoRan's..."

Nov. 10, 1995 News Feature

Stratus Flows Downhill
A description of the Stratus Properties / City of Austin development negotiations, and the historical precedents (Freeport-McMoRan)
"...governor John Connally, lost it. Moffett's company, New Orleans-based Freeport-McMoRan, bought the land, and almost immediately began fighting with..."

Dec. 1, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Naked City
"...to break UT Chancellor William Cunningham's deafening silence on Freeport-McMoRan, for which Cunningham serves as a board member. After..."

Dec. 15, 1995 News Feature

News Boss
"...be in control. There were the "investigative" reports on Freeport-McMoRan by environmental reporter Bill Collier -- later to become..."

July 11, 1997 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Austin Strikes Out
Top Ten Political Stories and Moments of 1995
"...February, a federal court ruling against the city in Freeport-McMoRan's favor, and it didn't stop there. The budget season..."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Feature

Kick Me, I'm From Austin
Visiting the Lege, City Council, and Bergstrom
"...so that it officially encourges a development agreement with Freeport-McMoRan. Consequently, Freeport's PUD deal could be back on the..."

April 28, 1995 News Feature by Daryl Slusher

Insuring Disaster
Austin: Just Another Outpost
"...financing to American companies doing business overseas, has canceled Freeport-McMoRan's political risk insurance in Indonesia. That means CEO Jim..."

Nov. 10, 1995 News Feature

Naked City
Robert Bryce responds to Richard Suttle's letter claiming that our statements about the ownership and control of Stratus Properties were incorrect.
"...about the "ownership and control" of Stratus Properties, a Freeport McMoRan spinoff which owns several large tracts of land..."

Dec. 15, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

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