<ARTICLE> 5 <LEGEND> This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from Freeport-McMoRan Sulphur Inc. unaudited financial statements at June 30, 1998 and for the six months then ended, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements. </LEGEND> <MULTIPLIER> 1,000 <PERIOD-TYPE> 6-MOS <FISCAL-YEAR-END> DEC-31-1998 <PERIOD-END> JUN-30-1998 <CASH> 33,790 <SECURITIES> 0 <RECEIVABLES> 21,124 <ALLOWANCES> 0 <INVENTORY> 23,531 <CURRENT-ASSETS> 92,338 <PP&E> 843,618 <DEPRECIATION> 743,467 <TOTAL-ASSETS> 256,648 <CURRENT-LIABILITIES> 41,540 <BONDS> 0 <PREFERRED-MANDATORY> 0 <PREFERRED> 0 <COMMON> 104 <OTHER-SE> 105,865 <TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY> 256,648 <SALES> 113,662 <TOTAL-REVENUES> 113,662 <CGS> 108,767 <TOTAL-COSTS> 108,767 <OTHER-EXPENSES> 0 <LOSS-PROVISION> 0 <INTEREST-EXPENSE> 0 <INCOME-PRETAX> 227 <INCOME-TAX> 79 <INCOME-CONTINUING> 148 <DISCONTINUED> 0 <EXTRAORDINARY> 0 <CHANGES> 0 <NET-INCOME> 148 <EPS-PRIMARY> .01 <EPS-DILUTED> .01