Overseas Core Facilities

London Office Jinlong Pogo Morenci Coral Bay Soroako Figesbal Goro Batu Hijau Cerro Verde Ojos del Salade Candelaria Northparkes Noumea Office

List of Core Facilities

Overseas Office

London Office

Address Vintners Place, 68 Upper Thames Street,London EC4V 3BJ U.K.
Phone 44-20-7246-3865
Facsimile 44-20-7246-3931

Noumea Office

Address 35 RUE DE L’ALMA, NOUMEA, NOUVELLE CALEDONIE
Phone 687-27-29-93
Facsimile 687-27-86-40
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Gold Mines

Pogo Mine

Address Alaska, United States
SMM's Interest SMM : 85%, Sumitomo Corporation : 15%
Start of Production 2006
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Copper Mines & Smelters

Morenci Mine

Address Arizona, United States
SMM's Interest SMM : 12%, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. : 85%, Sumitomo Corporation : 3%
Equity Participation 1986
Products Copper concentrates and electrolytic copper

Candelaria Mine

Address Atacama, Chile
SMM's Interest SMM : 16%, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. : 80%, Sumitomo Corporation : 4%
Start of Production 1995
Products Copper concentrates

Cerro Verde Mine

Address Arequipa, Peru
SMM's Interest SMM : 16.8%, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. : 53.6%, Sumitomo Corporation : 4.2%, others: 25.4%
Equity Participation 2005
Products Copper concentrates and electrolytic copper

Ojos del Salade Copper Mine

Address Coquimbo, Chile
SMM's Interest SMM : 16%, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. : 80%, Sumitomo Corporation : 4%
Equity Participation 2005 (Start of Production : 1929) 
Products Copper concentrates

Batu Hijau Mine

Address Sumbawa, Indonesia
SMM's Interest SMM : 3.5%, Newmont Mining Corporation : 31.5%, Sumitomo Corporation : 18.2%, others : 46.8%
Start of Production 1999
Products Copper concentrates

Northparkes Mine

Address New South Wales, Australia
SMM's Interest SMM : 13.3%, Rio Tinto : 80%, Sumitomo Corporation : 6.7%
Start of Production 1994
Products Copper concentrates

Jinlong Copper Co., Ltd.

Address Anhui, China
SMM's Interest SMM : 27.07%, Tongling Non-Ferrous Metals (China) : 61.4%, Sumitomo Corporation : 7.86%, Ping Guo Aluminum Company (China) : 3.67%
Equity Participation 1995
Products Copper, sulfuric acid, and precious metals
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Nickel Mines & Smelters

Coral Bay

Address Palawan Island, Philippines
SMM's Interest SMM: 54%, Mitsui & Co., Ltd.: 18%, Sojitz Corporation: 18%, Rio Tuba Nickel Mining Corporation: 10%
Start of Production 2004
Products Nickel-cobalt mixed sulfide, an intermediate product in the nickel refining process

Soroako

Address Indonesia
SMM's Interest SMM : 20.09%, Vale Inco : 60.8%, others : 19%
Equity Participation 1988
Products Nickel matte, an intermediate product in the nickel refining process

Figesbal

Address New Caledonia
SMM's Interest SMM : 25.5%, others : 74.5%
Equity Participation 1990
Products Nickel ore

Goro Nickel

Address New Caledonia
SMM's Interest SMM : 11%, Vale Inco : 69%, Mitsui & Co., Ltd. : 10%, SPMSC : 10%
Equity Participation 2004
Products Nickel Oxide Sinter