Safford Moves Toward Startup: Phelps Dodge's newest mine is progressing on schedule

摘要

After more than 10 years of planning, permitting, land negotiations and hoping for an upturn in the price of copper, Phelps Dodge Mining Co. is rapidly advancing its Safford project - billed as the largest new copper mine built in the United States in over 30 years - toward completion on the site of a defunct underground mine. According to the company, Safford is on schedule for initial copper production in early 2008.