FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (Unrealized gains losses) (Details) oz in Thousands, lb in Millions, $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	2 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2020 lb $ / lb	Jun. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) lb oz $ / lb $ / lb $ / oz	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)
North America
Realized gains (losses):
Percent of Copper Sale Volume		60.00%
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments | Amounts recorded in Sales [Member]
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Embedded Derivative, Gain (Loss) on Embedded Derivative, Net			$ (491)	$ 423	$ 304
Commodity Contract [Member]
Unrealized gains (losses):
Derivative financial instruments			11	4	(9)
Hedged item - firm sales commitments			11	4	(9)
Realized gains (losses):
Matured derivative financial instruments			$ (63)	65	22
Commodity Contract [Member] | Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Derivative, Nonmonetary Notional Amount, Mass | lb			82
Derivative, Average Forward Price | $ / lb			3.80
Copper Forward Contracts
Unrealized gains (losses):
Derivative financial instruments					24
Realized gains (losses):
Derivative, Forward Price | $ / lb	2.34
Copper Forward Contracts | Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Derivative, Nonmonetary Notional Amount, Mass | lb	150
Copper Forward Contracts | Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Derivative, Nonmonetary Notional Amount, Mass | lb			6
Derivative, Average Forward Price | $ / lb			3.82
Copper Forward Contracts | Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments | Amounts recorded in Cost of Sales
Realized gains (losses):
Matured derivative financial instruments			$ 37	(15)	3
Copper | Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments | Amounts recorded in Sales [Member]
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Embedded Derivative, Gain (Loss) on Embedded Derivative, Net			$ (479)	425	259
Copper | Short [Member] | Embedded Derivative Financial Instruments [Member] | Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Derivative, Nonmonetary Notional Amount, Mass | lb			861
Derivative, Average Forward Price | $ / lb			3.62
Realized gains (losses):
Derivative Average Market Price | $ / lb			3.80
Copper | Long [Member] | Embedded Derivative Financial Instruments [Member] | Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Derivative, Nonmonetary Notional Amount, Mass | lb			180
Derivative, Average Forward Price | $ / lb			3.59
Realized gains (losses):
Derivative Average Market Price | $ / lb			3.80
Gold | Short [Member] | Embedded Derivative Financial Instruments [Member] | Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Derivative, Nonmonetary Notional Amount, Mass | oz			240
Derivative, Average Forward Price | $ / oz			1,769
Realized gains (losses):
Derivative Average Market Price | $ / oz			1,823
gold and other [Member] | Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments | Amounts recorded in Sales [Member]
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Embedded Derivative, Gain (Loss) on Embedded Derivative, Net			$ (12)	$ (2)	$ 45