Freeport McMoRan’s Board of Directors says this week they are “encouraged by [their] discussions with the Indonesian government” regarding a near-term agreement to enable the resumption of PT Freeport Indonesia’s...

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., the largest publicly traded copper producer, will defer the equivalent of about a 10th of monthly sales of the metal until delays related to new Indonesian export regulations are resolved.