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Transportation Company - Asarco - Mining https://www.asarco.com
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Company NameAsarco
Division or Subsidiary ofGrupo México
Company Web SiteLink
CategoryMining
Year Founded1888
Successor/ParentGrupo México (Details)
CountryUnited States (Details)
Source of TextWikipedia
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Company History: ASARCO (American Smelting and Refining Company) is a mining, smelting, and refining company based in Tucson, Arizona, which mines and processes primarily copper. The company has been a subsidiary of Grupo México since 1999.

ASARCO was founded in 1888 as the American Smelting and Refining Company by Henry H. Rogers, William Rockefeller, Adolph Lewisohn, Robert S. Towne, Anton Eilers, and Leonard Lewisohn. From 1901 to 1959, American Smelting and Refining was included in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.From Wikipedia
Successor/Parent History:
Grupo México is a Mexican conglomerate that operates through the following divisions: Mining (Minera Mexico), Transportation (GMxT), Infrastructure and Fundacion Grupo Mexico. Its mining Division is the leading Copper producer in Mexico and the third largest copper producer in the world through ASARCO.Its transportation division operates the largest rail fleet in México, with 11,000 km of rails track and more than 800 engines and 26,300 coaches. It interconnects five major inland Mexican cities, five cities along the border with the United States, 13 seaports (5 on the Pacific Ocean, and 8 on the Gulf of Mexico).https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grupo_México
Brief History:
The U.S. is a country of 50 states covering a vast swath of North America, with Alaska in the northwest and Hawaii extending the nation’s presence into the Pacific Ocean. Major Atlantic Coast cities are New York, a global finance and culture center, and capital Washington, DC. Midwestern metropolis Chicago is known for influential architecture and on the west coast, Los Angeles' Hollywood is famed for filmmaking.

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Item created by: CNW400 on 2024-01-26 10:35:23

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