Income Taxes (Unaudited) (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 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						Six Months Ended
	June 30,						June 30,
	2016			2015			2016			2015
U.S. operations	$	(49	)	$	829		$	(38	)	$	1,664
International operations	(67		)	(130		)	(155		)	(251		)
Total	$	(116	)	$	699		$	(193	)	$	1,413