Arizona Copper Mine Strike of 1983 Essays

  • Lorenzo's Hometown

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    Lorenzo's Hometown Lorenzo Lujan grew up in Morenci, Arizona. His father worked in the Morenci Mine, and his brothers, brothers in law, uncles and his wife's family all worked in the mine. He said, "[Morenci] was like a big family--and I don't just mean literal family members, the whole town was a family. Morenci was the type of town where you didn't have to lock your doors at night; everybody knew everybody else." But he doesn't relish the idea of returning to his hometown. "Phelps Dodge

  • Phelps Dodge Case Study

    759 Words  | 2 Pages

    The Phelps Dodge Corporation owned and operated several copper mines in the American southwest through the 19th and 20th centuries. Throughout the later decades of the 20th century, Phelps Dodge had established corporate dominance in the copper mining industry, but with the American economy beginning a downturn in 1981, the falling price of copper began to have significant impacts on Phelps Dodge profitability. By the spring of 1983, the management team of Phelps Dodge determined that to remain solvent