Exhibit 24.2
                        POWER OF ATTORNEY


          BE  IT  KNOWN:   That  the  undersigned,  in  his  capacity  or
capacities  as  an  officer  and/or a member of the Board of Directors of
Freeport-McMoRan  Inc.,  a Delaware  corporation  (the  "Company"),  does
hereby make, constitute and  appoint  JAMES  R.  MOFFETT  and  RICHARD C.
ADKERSON,  and  each  of  them  acting  individually, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact with power to act without the others and with full power
of substitution, to execute, deliver and  file, for and on behalf of him,
in his name and in his capacity or capacities  as  aforesaid,  an  Annual
Report  of the Company on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996,
and any amendment or amendments thereto and any other document in support
thereof or  supplemental  thereto,  and  the undersigned hereby grants to
said attorneys, and each of them, full power  and  authority  to  do  and
perform  each  and  every  act and thing whatsoever that said attorney or
attorneys may deem necessary  or  advisable to carry out fully the intent
of the foregoing as the undersigned  might  or  could do personally or in
the capacity or capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying  and confirming
all acts and things which said attorney or attorneys may do  or  cause to
be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

          EXECUTED this 4th day of February, 1997.


                                       /s/ Rene L. Latiolais
                                       ------------------------------
                                       Rene L. Latiolais

<PAGE>

                        POWER OF ATTORNEY


          BE  IT  KNOWN:   That  the  undersigned,  in  his  capacity  or
capacities  as  an  officer  and/or a member of the Board of Directors of
Freeport-McMoRan  Inc.,  a Delaware  corporation  (the  "Company"),  does
hereby make, constitute and  appoint  RENE  L.  LATIOLAIS  and RICHARD C.
ADKERSON,  and  each  of  them  acting individually, his true and  lawful
attorney-in-fact with power to act without the others and with full power
of substitution, to execute, deliver  and file, for and on behalf of him,
in his name and in his capacity or capacities  as  aforesaid,  an  Annual
Report  of the Company on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996,
and any amendment or amendments thereto and any other document in support
thereof or  supplemental  thereto,  and  the undersigned hereby grants to
said attorneys, and each of them, full power  and  authority  to  do  and
perform  each  and  every  act and thing whatsoever that said attorney or
attorneys may deem necessary  or  advisable to carry out fully the intent
of the foregoing as the undersigned  might  or  could do personally or in
the capacity or capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying  and confirming
all acts and things which said attorney or attorneys may do  or  cause to
be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

          EXECUTED this 4th day of February, 1997.


                                       /s/ James R. Moffett
                                       ------------------------------
                                       James R. Moffett

<PAGE>

                        POWER OF ATTORNEY


          BE  IT  KNOWN:   That  the  undersigned,  in  his  capacity  or
capacities  as  an  officer  and/or a member of the Board of Directors of
Freeport-McMoRan  Inc.,  a Delaware  corporation  (the  "Company"),  does
hereby  make,  constitute and  appoint  JAMES  R.  MOFFETT  and  RENE  L.
LATIOLAIS, and each  of  them  acting  individually,  his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact with power to act without the others and with full power
of substitution, to execute, deliver and file, for and  on behalf of him,
in  his  name and in his capacity or capacities as aforesaid,  an  Annual
Report of  the Company on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996,
and any amendment or amendments thereto and any other document in support
thereof or supplemental  thereto,  and  the  undersigned hereby grants to
said  attorneys, and each of them, full power and  authority  to  do  and
perform  each  and  every  act and thing whatsoever that said attorney or
attorneys may deem necessary  or  advisable to carry out fully the intent
of the foregoing as the undersigned  might  or  could do personally or in
the capacity or capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying  and confirming
all acts and things which said attorney or attorneys may do  or  cause to
be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

          EXECUTED this 4th day of February, 1997.


                                       /s/ Richard C. Adkerson
                                       ------------------------------
                                       Richard C. Adkerson

<PAGE>

                        POWER OF ATTORNEY


          BE  IT  KNOWN:   That  the  undersigned,  in  his  capacity  or
capacities  as  an  officer  and/or a member of the Board of Directors of
Freeport-McMoRan  Inc.,  a Delaware  corporation  (the  "Company"),  does
hereby make, constitute and  appoint  JAMES R. MOFFETT, RENE L. LATIOLAIS
and RICHARD C. ADKERSON, and each of them  acting  individually, his true
and lawful attorney-in-fact with power to act without the others and with
full  power of substitution, to execute, deliver and  file,  for  and  on
behalf  of  him,  in  his  name  and  in  his  capacity  or capacities as
aforesaid,  an  Annual  Report of the Company on Form 10-K for  the  year
ended December 31, 1996,  and any amendment or amendments thereto and any
other  document  in support thereof  or  supplemental  thereto,  and  the
undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys, and each of them, full power
and authority to do  and  perform each and every act and thing whatsoever
that said attorney or attorneys  may deem necessary or advisable to carry
out fully the intent of the foregoing  as  the undersigned might or could
do  personally  or  in the capacity or capacities  as  aforesaid,  hereby
ratifying and confirming  all  acts  and  things  which  said attorney or
attorneys may do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

          EXECUTED this 4th day of February, 1997.


                                       /s/ Robert W. Bruce III
                                       ------------------------------
                                       Robert W. Bruce III

<PAGE>

                        POWER OF ATTORNEY


          BE  IT  KNOWN:   That  the  undersigned,  in  his  capacity  or
capacities  as  an  officer and/or a member of the Board of Directors  of
Freeport-McMoRan Inc.,  a  Delaware  corporation  (the  "Company"),  does
hereby  make,  constitute and appoint JAMES R. MOFFETT, RENE L. LATIOLAIS
and RICHARD C. ADKERSON,  and  each of them acting individually, his true
and lawful attorney-in-fact with power to act without the others and with
full power of substitution, to execute,  deliver  and  file,  for  and on
behalf  of  him,  in  his  name  and  in  his  capacity  or capacities as
aforesaid,  an  Annual  Report of the Company on Form 10-K for  the  year
ended December 31, 1996,  and any amendment or amendments thereto and any
other  document  in support thereof  or  supplemental  thereto,  and  the
undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys, and each of them, full power
and authority to do  and  perform each and every act and thing whatsoever
that said attorney or attorneys  may deem necessary or advisable to carry
out fully the intent of the foregoing  as  the undersigned might or could
do  personally  or  in the capacity or capacities  as  aforesaid,  hereby
ratifying and confirming  all  acts  and  things  which  said attorney or
attorneys may do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

          EXECUTED this 4th day of February, 1997.


                                       /s/ William J. Blackwell
                                       ------------------------------
                                       William J. Blackwell

<PAGE>

                        POWER OF ATTORNEY


          BE  IT  KNOWN:   That  the  undersigned,  in  his  capacity  or
capacities  as  an  officer and/or a member of the Board of Directors  of
Freeport-McMoRan Inc.,  a  Delaware  corporation  (the  "Company"),  does
hereby  make,  constitute and appoint JAMES R. MOFFETT, RENE L. LATIOLAIS
and RICHARD C. ADKERSON,  and  each of them acting individually, his true
and lawful attorney-in-fact with power to act without the others and with
full power of substitution, to execute,  deliver  and  file,  for  and on
behalf  of  him,  in  his  name  and  in  his  capacity  or capacities as
aforesaid,  an  Annual  Report of the Company on Form 10-K for  the  year
ended December 31, 1996,  and any amendment or amendments thereto and any
other  document  in support thereof  or  supplemental  thereto,  and  the
undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys, and each of them, full power
and authority to do  and  perform each and every act and thing whatsoever
that said attorney or attorneys  may deem necessary or advisable to carry
out fully the intent of the foregoing  as  the undersigned might or could
do  personally  or  in the capacity or capacities  as  aforesaid,  hereby
ratifying and confirming  all  acts  and  things  which  said attorney or
attorneys may do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

          EXECUTED this 4th day of February, 1997.


                                       /s/ Robert A. Day
                                       ------------------------------
                                       Robert A. Day

<PAGE>

                        POWER OF ATTORNEY


          BE  IT  KNOWN:   That  the  undersigned,  in  his  capacity  or
capacities  as  an  officer and/or a member of the Board of Directors  of
Freeport-McMoRan Inc.,  a  Delaware  corporation  (the  "Company"),  does
hereby  make,  constitute and appoint JAMES R. MOFFETT, RENE L. LATIOLAIS
and RICHARD C. ADKERSON,  and  each of them acting individually, his true
and lawful attorney-in-fact with power to act without the others and with
full power of substitution, to execute,  deliver  and  file,  for  and on
behalf  of  him,  in  his  name  and  in  his  capacity  or capacities as
aforesaid,  an  Annual  Report of the Company on Form 10-K for  the  year
ended December 31, 1996,  and any amendment or amendments thereto and any
other  document  in support thereof  or  supplemental  thereto,  and  the
undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys, and each of them, full power
and authority to do  and  perform each and every act and thing whatsoever
that said attorney or attorneys  may deem necessary or advisable to carry
out fully the intent of the foregoing  as  the undersigned might or could
do  personally  or  in the capacity or capacities  as  aforesaid,  hereby
ratifying and confirming  all  acts  and  things  which  said attorney or
attorneys may do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

          EXECUTED this 4th day of February, 1997.


                                       /s/ William B. Harrison, Jr.
                                       ------------------------------
                                       William B. Harrison, Jr.

<PAGE>

                        POWER OF ATTORNEY


          BE  IT  KNOWN:   That  the  undersigned,  in  his  capacity  or
capacities  as  an  officer and/or a member of the Board of Directors  of
Freeport-McMoRan Inc.,  a  Delaware  corporation  (the  "Company"),  does
hereby  make,  constitute and appoint JAMES R. MOFFETT, RENE L. LATIOLAIS
and RICHARD C. ADKERSON,  and  each of them acting individually, his true
and lawful attorney-in-fact with power to act without the others and with
full power of substitution, to execute,  deliver  and  file,  for  and on
behalf  of  him,  in  his  name  and  in  his  capacity  or capacities as
aforesaid,  an  Annual  Report of the Company on Form 10-K for  the  year
ended December 31, 1996,  and any amendment or amendments thereto and any
other  document  in support thereof  or  supplemental  thereto,  and  the
undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys, and each of them, full power
and authority to do  and  perform each and every act and thing whatsoever
that said attorney or attorneys  may deem necessary or advisable to carry
out fully the intent of the foregoing  as  the undersigned might or could
do  personally  or  in the capacity or capacities  as  aforesaid,  hereby
ratifying and confirming  all  acts  and  things  which  said attorney or
attorneys may do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

          EXECUTED this 4th day of February, 1997.


                                       /s/ Henry A. Kissinger
                                       ------------------------------
                                       Henry A. Kissinger

<PAGE>

                        POWER OF ATTORNEY


          BE  IT  KNOWN:   That  the  undersigned,  in  his  capacity  or
capacities  as  an  officer and/or a member of the Board of Directors  of
Freeport-McMoRan Inc.,  a  Delaware  corporation  (the  "Company"),  does
hereby  make,  constitute and appoint JAMES R. MOFFETT, RENE L. LATIOLAIS
and RICHARD C. ADKERSON,  and  each of them acting individually, his true
and lawful attorney-in-fact with power to act without the others and with
full power of substitution, to execute,  deliver  and  file,  for  and on
behalf  of  him,  in  his  name  and  in  his  capacity  or capacities as
aforesaid,  an  Annual  Report of the Company on Form 10-K for  the  year
ended December 31, 1996,  and any amendment or amendments thereto and any
other  document  in support thereof  or  supplemental  thereto,  and  the
undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys, and each of them, full power
and authority to do  and  perform each and every act and thing whatsoever
that said attorney or attorneys  may deem necessary or advisable to carry
out fully the intent of the foregoing  as  the undersigned might or could
do  personally  or  in the capacity or capacities  as  aforesaid,  hereby
ratifying and confirming  all  acts  and  things  which  said attorney or
attorneys may do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

          EXECUTED this 4th day of February, 1997.


                                       /s/ Bobby Lee Lackey
                                       ------------------------------
                                       Bobby Lee Lackey

<PAGE>

                        POWER OF ATTORNEY


          BE  IT  KNOWN:   That  the  undersigned,  in  her  capacity  or
capacities  as  an  officer and/or a member of the Board of Directors  of
Freeport-McMoRan Inc.,  a  Delaware  corporation  (the  "Company"),  does
hereby  make,  constitute and appoint JAMES R. MOFFETT, RENE L. LATIOLAIS
and RICHARD C. ADKERSON,  and  each of them acting individually, her true
and lawful attorney-in-fact with power to act without the others and with
full power of substitution, to execute,  deliver  and  file,  for  and on
behalf  of  her,  in  her  name  and  in  her  capacity  or capacities as
aforesaid,  an  Annual  Report of the Company on Form 10-K for  the  year
ended December 31, 1996,  and any amendment or amendments thereto and any
other  document  in support thereof  or  supplemental  thereto,  and  the
undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys, and each of them, full power
and authority to do  and  perform each and every act and thing whatsoever
that said attorney or attorneys  may deem necessary or advisable to carry
out fully the intent of the foregoing  as  the undersigned might or could
do  personally  or  in the capacity or capacities  as  aforesaid,  hereby
ratifying and confirming  all  acts  and  things  which  said attorney or
attorneys may do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

          EXECUTED this 4th day of February, 1997.


                                       /s/ Gabrielle K. McDonald
                                       ------------------------------
                                       Gabrielle K. McDonald
<PAGE>

                        POWER OF ATTORNEY


          BE  IT  KNOWN:   That  the  undersigned,  in  his  capacity  or
capacities  as  an  officer and/or a member of the Board of Directors  of
Freeport-McMoRan Inc.,  a  Delaware  corporation  (the  "Company"),  does
hereby  make,  constitute and appoint JAMES R. MOFFETT, RENE L. LATIOLAIS
and RICHARD C. ADKERSON,  and  each of them acting individually, his true
and lawful attorney-in-fact with power to act without the others and with
full power of substitution, to execute,  deliver  and  file,  for  and on
behalf  of  him,  in  his  name  and  in  his  capacity  or capacities as
aforesaid,  an  Annual  Report of the Company on Form 10-K for  the  year
ended December 31, 1996,  and any amendment or amendments thereto and any
other  document  in support thereof  or  supplemental  thereto,  and  the
undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys, and each of them, full power
and authority to do  and  perform each and every act and thing whatsoever
that said attorney or attorneys  may deem necessary or advisable to carry
out fully the intent of the foregoing  as  the undersigned might or could
do  personally  or  in the capacity or capacities  as  aforesaid,  hereby
ratifying and confirming  all  acts  and  things  which  said attorney or
attorneys may do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

          EXECUTED this 4th day of February, 1997.


                                       /s/ George Putnam
                                       ------------------------------
                                       George Putnam

<PAGE>

                        POWER OF ATTORNEY


          BE  IT  KNOWN:   That  the  undersigned,  in  his  capacity  or
capacities  as  an  officer and/or a member of the Board of Directors  of
Freeport-McMoRan Inc.,  a  Delaware  corporation  (the  "Company"),  does
hereby  make,  constitute and appoint JAMES R. MOFFETT, RENE L. LATIOLAIS
and RICHARD C. ADKERSON,  and  each of them acting individually, his true
and lawful attorney-in-fact with power to act without the others and with
full power of substitution, to execute,  deliver  and  file,  for  and on
behalf  of  him,  in  his  name  and  in  his  capacity  or capacities as
aforesaid,  an  Annual  Report of the Company on Form 10-K for  the  year
ended December 31, 1996,  and any amendment or amendments thereto and any
other  document  in support thereof  or  supplemental  thereto,  and  the
undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys, and each of them, full power
and authority to do  and  perform each and every act and thing whatsoever
that said attorney or attorneys  may deem necessary or advisable to carry
out fully the intent of the foregoing  as  the undersigned might or could
do  personally  or  in the capacity or capacities  as  aforesaid,  hereby
ratifying and confirming  all  acts  and  things  which  said attorney or
attorneys may do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

          EXECUTED this 4th day of February, 1997.


                                       /s/ B.M. Rankin, Jr.
                                       ------------------------------
                                       B.M. Rankin, Jr.

<PAGE>

                        POWER OF ATTORNEY


          BE  IT  KNOWN:   That  the  undersigned,  in  his  capacity  or
capacities  as  an  officer and/or a member of the Board of Directors  of
Freeport-McMoRan Inc.,  a  Delaware  corporation  (the  "Company"),  does
hereby  make,  constitute and appoint JAMES R. MOFFETT, RENE L. LATIOLAIS
and RICHARD C. ADKERSON,  and  each of them acting individually, his true
and lawful attorney-in-fact with power to act without the others and with
full power of substitution, to execute,  deliver  and  file,  for  and on
behalf  of  him,  in  his  name  and  in  his  capacity  or capacities as
aforesaid,  an  Annual  Report of the Company on Form 10-K for  the  year
ended December 31, 1996,  and any amendment or amendments thereto and any
other  document  in support thereof  or  supplemental  thereto,  and  the
undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys, and each of them, full power
and authority to do  and  perform each and every act and thing whatsoever
that said attorney or attorneys  may deem necessary or advisable to carry
out fully the intent of the foregoing  as  the undersigned might or could
do  personally  or  in the capacity or capacities  as  aforesaid,  hereby
ratifying and confirming  all  acts  and  things  which  said attorney or
attorneys may do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

          EXECUTED this 4th day of February, 1997.


                                       /s/ J. Taylor Wharton
                                       ------------------------------
                                       J. Taylor Wharton

<PAGE>

                        POWER OF ATTORNEY


          BE  IT  KNOWN:   That  the  undersigned,  in  his  capacity  or
capacities  as  an  officer and/or a member of the Board of Directors  of
Freeport-McMoRan Inc.,  a  Delaware  corporation  (the  "Company"),  does
hereby  make,  constitute and appoint JAMES R. MOFFETT, RENE L. LATIOLAIS
and RICHARD C. ADKERSON,  and  each of them acting individually, his true
and lawful attorney-in-fact with power to act without the others and with
full power of substitution, to execute,  deliver  and  file,  for  and on
behalf  of  him,  in  his  name  and  in  his  capacity  or capacities as
aforesaid,  an  Annual  Report of the Company on Form 10-K for  the  year
ended December 31, 1996,  and any amendment or amendments thereto and any
other  document  in support thereof  or  supplemental  thereto,  and  the
undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys, and each of them, full power
and authority to do  and  perform each and every act and thing whatsoever
that said attorney or attorneys  may deem necessary or advisable to carry
out fully the intent of the foregoing  as  the undersigned might or could
do  personally  or  in the capacity or capacities  as  aforesaid,  hereby
ratifying and confirming  all  acts  and  things  which  said attorney or
attorneys may do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

          EXECUTED this 4th day of February, 1997.


                                       /s/ Robert M. Wohleber
                                       ------------------------------
                                       Robert M. Wohleber