SEGMENT INFORMATION (Details) $ in Millions			3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
		Jan. 02, 2020	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) segment	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Jul. 01, 2019
Segment Information
Number of operating segments | segment					5
Number of reportable segments | segment					5
Sales			$ 3,170	$ 2,713	$ 8,116	$ 6,773
Costs applicable to sales	[1]		1,269	1,392	3,659	3,736
Depreciation and amortization			592	548	1,685	1,347
Advanced projects, research and development			87	131	210	300
Income (loss) before income and mining tax and other items			880	2,778	2,209	3,073
Capital expenditures			307	427	871	1,022
Additional disclosures
Increase (decrease) in accrued capital expenditures			11	(1)	(33)	(11)
Consolidated capital expenditures on a cash basis			$ 296	428	$ 904	1,033
NGM
Additional disclosures
Noncontrolling interest, ownership percentage by noncontrolling owners			38.50%		38.50%		38.50%
Disposed of by sale, not discontinued operations | Kalgoorlie
Additional disclosures
Percentage interest sold		50.00%
Operating Segments | North America
Segment Information
Sales			$ 997	643	$ 2,398	1,162
Costs applicable to sales			406	420	1,158	860
Depreciation and amortization			218	156	600	312
Advanced projects, research and development			16	17	35	36
Income (loss) before income and mining tax and other items			298	(33)	431	(187)
Capital expenditures			66	131	197	238
Operating Segments | North America | CC&V
Segment Information
Sales			137	108	348	313
Costs applicable to sales			61	65	180	208
Depreciation and amortization			21	22	59	68
Advanced projects, research and development			4	2	9	9
Income (loss) before income and mining tax and other items			47	19	93	23
Capital expenditures			10	12	27	26
Operating Segments | North America | Red Lake
Segment Information
Sales				44	67	93
Costs applicable to sales				45	45	88
Depreciation and amortization				21	2	42
Advanced projects, research and development				2	1	5
Income (loss) before income and mining tax and other items				(28)	20	(55)
Capital expenditures				8	4	22
Operating Segments | North America | Musselwhite
Segment Information
Sales			90	0	114	7
Costs applicable to sales			46	8	73	20
Depreciation and amortization			33	9	50	17
Advanced projects, research and development			2	3	5	6
Income (loss) before income and mining tax and other items			1	(21)	(42)	(38)
Capital expenditures			15	17	41	34
Operating Segments | North America | Porcupine
Segment Information
Sales			154	123	420	201
Costs applicable to sales			61	62	174	125
Depreciation and amortization			27	22	80	41
Advanced projects, research and development			3	4	8	6
Income (loss) before income and mining tax and other items			59	34	153	21
Capital expenditures			10	26	27	48
Operating Segments | North America | Éléonore
Segment Information
Sales			111	124	240	234
Costs applicable to sales			53	69	127	144
Depreciation and amortization			32	28	79	52
Advanced projects, research and development			1	2	4	4
Income (loss) before income and mining tax and other items			19	25	7	29
Capital expenditures			11	13	27	31
Operating Segments | North America | Peñasquito
Segment Information
Sales			505	244	1,209	314
Costs applicable to sales			185	171	559	275
Depreciation and amortization			99	46	308	77
Advanced projects, research and development			1	2	3	3
Income (loss) before income and mining tax and other items			197	14	275	(66)
Capital expenditures			20	52	69	71
Operating Segments | North America | Peñasquito | Gold
Segment Information
Sales			238	54	541	80
Costs applicable to sales			74	39	188	66
Depreciation and amortization			40	10	105	16
Operating Segments | North America | Peñasquito | Silver
Segment Information
Sales			138	78	337	109
Costs applicable to sales			45	60	148	101
Depreciation and amortization			24	16	82	26
Operating Segments | North America | Peñasquito | Lead
Segment Information
Sales			30	25	92	38
Costs applicable to sales			17	25	56	45
Depreciation and amortization			9	7	31	13
Operating Segments | North America | Peñasquito | Zinc
Segment Information
Sales			99	87	239	87
Costs applicable to sales			49	47	167	63
Depreciation and amortization			26	13	90	22
Operating Segments | North America | Other North America
Segment Information
Sales			0	0	0	0
Costs applicable to sales			0	0	0	0
Depreciation and amortization			6	8	22	15
Advanced projects, research and development			5	2	5	3
Income (loss) before income and mining tax and other items			(25)	(76)	(75)	(101)
Capital expenditures			0	3	2	6
Operating Segments | South America
Segment Information
Sales			451	582	1,302	1,428
Costs applicable to sales			210	263	624	661
Depreciation and amortization			89	89	281	238
Advanced projects, research and development			12	33	37	70
Income (loss) before income and mining tax and other items			75	173	173	393
Capital expenditures			43	80	127	209
Operating Segments | South America | Yanacocha
Segment Information
Sales			152	219	456	576
Costs applicable to sales			81	107	270	300
Depreciation and amortization			26	33	98	84
Advanced projects, research and development			2	6	7	16
Income (loss) before income and mining tax and other items			6	55	(19)	136
Capital expenditures			23	46	62	134
Operating Segments | South America | Merian
Segment Information
Sales			204	188	584	542
Costs applicable to sales			86	78	239	220
Depreciation and amortization			28	25	75	70
Advanced projects, research and development			3	3	9	6
Income (loss) before income and mining tax and other items			88	84	260	245
Capital expenditures			10	16	27	39
Operating Segments | South America | Cerro Negro
Segment Information
Sales			95	175	262	310
Costs applicable to sales			43	78	115	141
Depreciation and amortization			34	28	103	74
Advanced projects, research and development			0	15	1	19
Income (loss) before income and mining tax and other items			(8)	52	(31)	59
Capital expenditures			10	18	36	35
Operating Segments | South America | Other South America
Segment Information
Sales			0	0	0	0
Costs applicable to sales			0	0	0	0
Depreciation and amortization			1	3	5	10
Advanced projects, research and development			7	9	20	29
Income (loss) before income and mining tax and other items			(11)	(18)	(37)	(47)
Capital expenditures			0	0	2	1
Operating Segments | Australia
Segment Information
Sales			639	559	1,627	1,563
Costs applicable to sales			238	298	688	876
Depreciation and amortization			62	65	172	189
Advanced projects, research and development			10	14	25	29
Income (loss) before income and mining tax and other items			295	190	1,179	466
Capital expenditures			91	62	220	168
Operating Segments | Australia | Boddington
Segment Information
Sales			391	304	975	840
Costs applicable to sales			176	174	499	518
Depreciation and amortization			31	33	88	97
Advanced projects, research and development			1	1	3	1
Income (loss) before income and mining tax and other items			173	100	365	221
Capital expenditures			22	22	79	53
Operating Segments | Australia | Boddington | Gold
Segment Information
Sales			348	266	874	721
Costs applicable to sales			148	146	421	431
Depreciation and amortization			26	27	74	80
Operating Segments | Australia | Boddington | Copper
Segment Information
Sales			43	38	101	119
Costs applicable to sales			28	28	78	87
Depreciation and amortization			5	6	14	17
Operating Segments | Australia | Tanami
Segment Information
Sales			248	165	652	490
Costs applicable to sales			62	64	189	198
Depreciation and amortization			30	25	79	69
Advanced projects, research and development			4	2	11	8
Income (loss) before income and mining tax and other items			135	81	346	220
Capital expenditures			68	29	138	86
Operating Segments | Australia | Kalgoorlie
Segment Information
Sales				90		233
Costs applicable to sales				60		160
Depreciation and amortization				6		18
Advanced projects, research and development				2		4
Income (loss) before income and mining tax and other items				21		50
Capital expenditures				9		24
Operating Segments | Australia | Other Australia
Segment Information
Sales			0	0	0	0
Costs applicable to sales			0	0	0	0
Depreciation and amortization			1	1	5	5
Advanced projects, research and development			5	9	11	16
Income (loss) before income and mining tax and other items			(13)	(12)	468	(25)
Capital expenditures			1	2	3	5
Operating Segments | Africa
Segment Information
Sales			433	388	1,059	1,051
Costs applicable to sales			157	149	428	453
Depreciation and amortization			69	75	192	231
Advanced projects, research and development			8	13	22	40
Income (loss) before income and mining tax and other items			174	152	370	313
Capital expenditures			39	68	110	186
Operating Segments | Africa | Ahafo
Segment Information
Sales			261	231	594	615
Costs applicable to sales			99	98	264	281
Depreciation and amortization			40	40	105	114
Advanced projects, research and development			5	8	14	24
Income (loss) before income and mining tax and other items			101	90	184	196
Capital expenditures			32	62	91	161
Operating Segments | Africa | Akyem
Segment Information
Sales			172	157	465	436
Costs applicable to sales			58	51	164	172
Depreciation and amortization			29	35	87	117
Advanced projects, research and development			2	4	5	12
Income (loss) before income and mining tax and other items			77	66	195	129
Capital expenditures			7	6	19	25
Operating Segments | Africa | Other Africa
Segment Information
Sales			0	0	0	0
Costs applicable to sales			0	0	0	0
Depreciation and amortization			0	0	0	0
Advanced projects, research and development			1	1	3	4
Income (loss) before income and mining tax and other items			(4)	(4)	(9)	(12)
Capital expenditures			0	0	0	0
Operating Segments | Nevada
Segment Information
Sales			650	541	1,730	1,569
Costs applicable to sales			258	262	761	886
Depreciation and amortization			151	160	429	367
Advanced projects, research and development			12	13	30	53
Income (loss) before income and mining tax and other items			223	98	486	274
Capital expenditures			57	80	183	199
Operating Segments | Nevada | Nevada Gold Mines
Segment Information
Sales			650	492	1,730	492
Costs applicable to sales			258	235	761	235
Depreciation and amortization			151	149	429	149
Advanced projects, research and development			12	13	30	13
Income (loss) before income and mining tax and other items			223	85	486	85
Capital expenditures			57	80	183	80
Operating Segments | Nevada | Carlin
Segment Information
Sales				14		533
Costs applicable to sales				8		358
Depreciation and amortization				3		107
Advanced projects, research and development				0		15
Income (loss) before income and mining tax and other items				5		49
Capital expenditures				0		64
Operating Segments | Nevada | Phoenix
Segment Information
Sales				21		196
Costs applicable to sales				15		144
Depreciation and amortization				4		42
Advanced projects, research and development				0		1
Income (loss) before income and mining tax and other items				2		30
Capital expenditures				0		13
Operating Segments | Nevada | Phoenix | Gold
Segment Information
Sales				19		152
Costs applicable to sales				15		116
Depreciation and amortization				4		33
Operating Segments | Nevada | Phoenix | Copper
Segment Information
Sales				2		44
Costs applicable to sales				0		28
Depreciation and amortization				0		9
Operating Segments | Nevada | Twin Creeks
Segment Information
Sales				12		222
Costs applicable to sales				3		113
Depreciation and amortization				2		31
Advanced projects, research and development				0		5
Income (loss) before income and mining tax and other items				8		81
Capital expenditures				0		30
Operating Segments | Nevada | Long Canyon
Segment Information
Sales				2		126
Costs applicable to sales				1		36
Depreciation and amortization				1		36
Advanced projects, research and development				0		12
Income (loss) before income and mining tax and other items				(2)		38
Capital expenditures				0		7
Operating Segments | Nevada | Other Nevada
Segment Information
Sales				0		0
Costs applicable to sales				0		0
Depreciation and amortization				1		2
Advanced projects, research and development				0		7
Income (loss) before income and mining tax and other items				0		(9)
Capital expenditures				0		5
Corporate and other
Segment Information
Sales			0	0	0	0
Costs applicable to sales			0	0	0	0
Depreciation and amortization			3	3	11	10
Advanced projects, research and development			29	41	61	72
Income (loss) before income and mining tax and other items			(185)	2,198	(430)	1,814
Capital expenditures			$ 11	$ 6	$ 34	$ 22

[1] Excludes Depreciation and amortization and Reclamation and remediation.