Income Taxes (Unaudited) (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income before income taxes and equity in an affiliated companies' net earnings

Geographic sources of FCX’s provision for income taxes follow (in millions):

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2017			2016
U.S. operations	$	(7	)	$	11
International operations	(167		)	(88		)
Total	$	(174	)	$	(77	)