Percentage of deferred intercompany profit on sales to equity method investee.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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Cost of product sold and service rendered, excluding depreciation, depletion, and amortization.

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BUSINESS SEGMENTS INFORMATION (Business Segments Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	4 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2021	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Mining Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Cost of Goods and Service, Excluding Depreciation, Depletion, and Amortization		$ 12,016	$ 10,031	$ 11,534
Inventory, Copper Metal Production \| Product Concentration Risk \| Morenci
Mining Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage		16.00%
Inventory, Copper Metal Production \| Product Concentration Risk \| Cerro Verde
Mining Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage		23.00%
North America \| Inventory, Copper Metal Production \| Product Concentration Risk \| Morenci
Mining Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage		43.00%
North America \| Cost of Goods, Product Line \| Supplier Concentration Risk \| Atlantic Copper Smelting & Refining
Mining Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage		18.00%
South America \| Inventory, Copper Metal Production \| Product Concentration Risk \| Cerro Verde
Mining Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage		85.00%
South America \| Cost of Goods, Product Line \| Supplier Concentration Risk \| Atlantic Copper Smelting & Refining
Mining Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage		7.00%
Indonesia \| Cost of Goods, Product Line \| Supplier Concentration Risk \| Atlantic Copper Smelting & Refining
Mining Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage		9.00%
PT Smelting
Mining Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Deferred intercompany profit	25.00%	39.50%