Alex Day

Chief Process Automation Engineer at Freeport-McMoRan

Alex Day is an experienced engineering professional specializing in process automation and metallurgical engineering. Currently serving as Chief Process Automation Engineer at Freeport-McMoRan since 2020, Alex leads a team dedicated to digital plant optimization. Prior to this role, Alex held positions including Senior Process Automation Engineer and Senior Metallurgist at Taseko Mines Limited, where responsibilities encompassed supervision, automation programming, and safety improvements. Additional experience includes roles as Project Metallurgist and Mill Supervisor, along with previous positions at Cabot Corporation, DSRA Envision, Vale Inco, and Xstrata Zinc. Alex holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Materials Engineering from Dalhousie University.

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Freeport-McMoRan

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Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (FCX) is a leading international mining company with headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona. FCX operates large, long-lived, geographically diverse assets with significant proven and probable reserves of copper, gold and molybdenum. FCX is the world’s largest publicly traded copper producer. FCX’s portfolio of assets includes the Grasberg minerals district in Indonesia, one of the world’s largest copper and gold deposits, and significant mining operations in North and South America, including the large-scale Morenci minerals district in Arizona and the Cerro Verde operation in Peru.


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