ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED LIABILITIES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities, Current [Abstract]

Additional information regarding accounts payable and accrued liabilities

The components of accounts payable and accrued liabilities follow:

	December 31,
	2017		2016
Accounts payable	$	1,380	$	1,540
Salaries, wages and other compensation	235		225
Accrued interesta	168		129
Accrued taxes, other than income taxes	129		90
Pension, postretirement, postemployment and other employee benefitsb	111		76
Deferred revenue	91		82
Accrued mining royalties	68		46
Other	139		205
Total accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	2,321	$	2,393

a. Third-party interest paid, net of capitalized interest, was $565 million in 2017, $743 million in 2016 and $570 million in 2015.

b. Refer to Note 9 for long-term portion.