Mining firm moves to buy Plains E&P, McMoRan Exploration

Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc. reported plans Dec. 5 to acquire Plains Exploration & Production Co. and McMoRan Exploration Co. in cash-stock transactions to create what Freeport-McMoran is calling “a premier US-based natural resource company.”

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