DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,013

FREEPORT-MCMORAN TYRONE MINING, LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF FREEPORT-MCMORAN, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM JAMES HAMILTON
CONSTRUCTION COMPANY AND ALLSTAFF SERVICES, INC.
TYRONE, NEW MEXICO


Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor herein
presents the results of an investigation regarding certification
of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated; and
(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and
(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and
(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or threat
of separation and to the decline in the sales or production
of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on October 2, 2015 by the state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Freeport-McMoRan Tyrone Mining, LLC, a subsidiary
of Freeport-McMoRan, Inc., Tyrone, New Mexico (Freeport-
McMoRan). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to
the product of copper cathode. Workers are not separately
identifiable by article produced. The subject worker group
includes on-site leased workers from James Hamilton Construction
Company and Allstaff Services, Inc.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in such workers' firm have become
totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of copper cathode by Freeport-McMoRan have
decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because company
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
article produced by Freeport-McMoRan have increased during the
twelve month period prior to the petition date.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Freeport-McMoRan.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Freeport-McMoRan Tyrone
Mining, LLC, Tyrone, New Mexico, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of copper cathode, meet the worker group
certification criteria under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C.
§ 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2273, I make the following certification:

"All workers of Freeport-McMoRan Tyrone Mining, LLC, a
subsidiary of Freeport-McMoRan, Inc., including on-site
leased workers from James Hamilton Construction Company and
Allstaff Services, Inc., Tyrone, New Mexico, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
October 1, 2014 through two years from the date of
certification, and all workers in the group threatened with
total or partial separation from employment on the date of
certification through two years from the date of
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended."

Signed in Washington, D.C. this 20th day of February, 2016


/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance