Phelps Dodge International

Phelps Dodge Corporation was an American mining company founded in 1834 as an import-export firm by Anson Greene Phelps,

Phelps Dodge began life in 1834 as a New York City-based mercantile company, trading American products to England in exchange for copper, iron, tin and other metals. The name came from founding partners Anson Phelps, a one-time saddle maker, and his son-in-law, William Dodge, a merchant in dry goods.