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, 1995, 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 6th day of February, 1996.




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




                       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, 1995, 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 6th day of February, 1996.




                              /s/ Charles W. Goodyear
                              -----------------------               
                              Charles W. Goodyear




                        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, 1995, 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 29th day of February, 1996.




                              /s/ John T. Eads
                              ----------------
                              John T. Eads




                        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, 1995, 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 6th day of February, 1996.




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




                       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, 1995, 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 6th day of February, 1996.




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




                       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, 1995, 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 6th day of February, 1996.




                              /s/ Thomas B. Coleman
                              ---------------------            
                              Thomas B. Coleman




                       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, 1995, 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 6th day of February, 1996.




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




                        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, 1995, 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 6th day of February, 1996.




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




                       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, 1995, 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 6th day of February, 1996.




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




                        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, 1995, 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 6th day of February, 1996.




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




                        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, 1995, 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 6th day of February, 1996.




                              /s/ Gabrielle K. McDonald
                              -------------------------                   
                              Gabrielle K. McDonald




                       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, 1995, 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 6th day of February, 1996.




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




                         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, 1995, 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 6th day of February, 1996.




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




                        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, 1995, 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 6th day of February, 1996.




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




                       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, 1995, 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 12th day of February, 1996.




                              /s/ Ward W. Woods, Jr.
                              ----------------------             
                              Ward W. Woods, Jr.