Income Taxes (Unaudited) (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Geographic Sources of Provision for Income Taxes

Geographic sources of FCX's (provision for) benefit from income taxes follow (in millions):

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2016			2015
U.S. operations	$	11		$	835
International operations	(81		)	(140		)
Total	$	(70	)	$	695