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Business Combination, Step Acquisition, Equity Interest in Acquiree, Including Subsequent Acquisition, Percentage, Pending

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Term to construct smelter.

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Percent of net assets at close of period. For schedules of investments that are categorized, each category has a percent of net assets for the aggregated value of the Investments in the category.

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The equity interest of noncontrolling shareholders, partners or other equity holders in consolidated entity.

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Contingencies and Commitments (Unaudited) Mining Contract (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2022	Sep. 27, 2018
Contractual Obligations Mining Contracts [Line Items]
Term to construct smelter		5 years
PT Freeport Indonesia [Member]
Contractual Obligations Mining Contracts [Line Items]
Proceeds from divestiture of businesses, pending	$ 350
Rio Tinto [Member] \| Rio Tinto Share In Joint Venture [Member]
Contractual Obligations Mining Contracts [Line Items]
Proceeds from divestiture of businesses, pending	$ 3,500
Pt Smelting [Member] \| PT Freeport Indonesia [Member]
Contractual Obligations Mining Contracts [Line Items]
Investment Owned, Percent of Net Assets	25.00%	25.00%
Interest In PT Indocopper Investama [Member] \| PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium (Persero) (Inalum) [Member]
Contractual Obligations Mining Contracts [Line Items]
Ownership percentage pending acquired				100.00%
PT Freeport Indonesia [Member] \| PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium (Persero) (Inalum) [Member]
Contractual Obligations Mining Contracts [Line Items]
Ownership percentage pending acquired				40.00%
Ownership interest subsequent to acquisition, pending				51.00%
PT Freeport Indonesia [Member]
Contractual Obligations Mining Contracts [Line Items]
Ownership interest by parent subsequent to business acquisition, pending				49.00%
PT Indocopper Investama [Member] \| PT Freeport Indonesia [Member]
Contractual Obligations Mining Contracts [Line Items]
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Noncontrolling Owners	9.36%	9.36%
PT Indocopper Investama [Member] \| Scenario, Forecast [Member] \| PT Freeport Indonesia [Member]
Contractual Obligations Mining Contracts [Line Items]
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Noncontrolling Owners			5.60%
PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium (Persero) (Inalum) [Member] \| PT Freeport Indonesia [Member]
Contractual Obligations Mining Contracts [Line Items]
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Noncontrolling Owners	9.36%	9.36%