April 23 (Reuters) - Copper miner Freeport-McMoRan ( FCX )

beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter profit on

Tuesday, helped by higher production.

On an adjusted basis, the Phoenix, Arizona-based company

earned 32 cents per share for the three months ended March 31,

compared with the average analyst estimate of 26 cents per

share, according to LSEG data.

(Reporting by Sourasis Bose in Bengaluru; Editing by Shinjini

Ganguli)