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fcx91207_8k.htm
UNITED
      STATES
SECURITIES
      AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
      D.C.  20549
FORM
      8-K
CURRENT
      REPORT
Pursuant
      to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of
      1934
Date
      of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 12,
      2007
FREEPORT-McMoRan
      COPPER & GOLD INC.
(Exact
      name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
1-9916
74-2480931
(State
                or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission
                File Number)
(IRS
                Employer Identification Number)
One
                North Central Avenue
Phoenix,
                Arizona
85004-4414
(Address
                of principal executive offices)
(Zip
                Code)
Registrant's
      telephone number, including area code:  (602) 366-8100
Check
      the
      appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
      satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
      provisions:
[
      ]
      Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
      230.425)
[
      ]
      Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
      240.14a-12)
[
      ]
      Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange
      Act
      (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
[
      ]
      Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange
      Act
      (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item
      8.01.
Other Events.
Freeport-McMoRan
      Copper & Gold Inc. announced today that it has entered into an agreement to
      sell its international wire and cable business, operated in the name of Phelps
      Dodge International Corporation, to General Cable Corporation (NYSE:BGC) for
      $735 million, including the acquisition of minority interests recently acquired
      by FCX (see Exhibit 99.1).
Item
      9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)  Exhibits.
The
      Exhibit included as part of this Current Report is listed in the attached
      Exhibit Index.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant
      to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
      has
      duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
      duly authorized.
FREEPORT-McMoRan
      COPPER & GOLD INC.
By:
      /s/
      C. Donald Whitmire, Jr.
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C.
      Donald
      Whitmire, Jr.
Vice
      President and Controller -
Financial
      Reporting
(authorized
      signatory and
Principal
      Accounting Officer)
Date:  September
      12, 2007
Freeport-McMoRan
      Copper & Gold Inc.
Exhibit
      Index
Exhibit
Number
99.1
Press
                release dated September 12, 2007, titled "Freeport-McMoRan Copper &
                Gold Inc. Announces Sale of International Wire & Cable Business for
                $735 Million."