NEW YORK (AP) -- Mining company Freeport-McMoRan is buying a pair of oil and gas producers for $9 billion, creating a natural resources conglomerate with assets ranging from oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico to a huge copper mine in Indonesia....
Big Miner Buys Pair Of Energy Companies For $9b
By JONATHAN FAHEY and SANDY SHORE, Associated Press: Business
Wed, 12/05/2012 - 2:05pm
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