Home Peru's Cerro Verde benefits from higher copper prices in Q4 Peru’s largest copper producer, Cerro Verde, reported a surge in fourth-quarter 2017 net profits, with higher copper prices offsetting a decline in sales volumes. The mine, operated by Freeport-McMoRan, recorded a net profit of $217.6 million in the last three months of 2017, up by 89.4% from $114.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2016, the company said. Email this article Your details Please enter your name Please enter your email address Please enter your email address Your recipients's details Please enter at least one recipients email address Please enter valid email address You can enter a maximum of 5 recipients. You can enter a maximum of 5 recipients. Use ; to separate email addresses. Please enter at least one recipients name Email yourself a copy? Enter the code: Ok You might notice something different here.As we continue our evolution, our data and market news is now available through the Fastmarkets platform and a trial of this website is no longer available. Already registered? Log in Our new delivery solution allows you to access the prices and news that matters most to you in a way that delivers value, quality and a unique, fully customizable view for you. Learn More We are developing an experience that allows you to test drive building your view of our data and news on the new platform. In the meantime, we can prepare a quote for you and show you around. Get Started Contact Us +44 (0) 20 7779 8260 hello.mb@fastmarkets.com Published Danielle Assalve February 05, 2018 21:11 GMT São Paulo Keywords Peru Cerro Verde quarterly results copper production copper prices LME Related news {{article|snippet:'title'|removeHtmlTags}} {{article|fields:'dates'|date:dateArticleFormat}}