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INVESTMENTS - Summarized Balance Sheet (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | Dec. 31, 2021 | Dec. 31, 2020 | Dec. 31, 2019
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Disclosure of joint ventures [line items] |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalents | $ 5,280 | $ 5,188 | $ 3,314
Other current assets | 612 | 519 |
Current assets | 8,249 | 8,143 |
Assets | 46,890 | 46,506 |
Other current liabilities | 338 | 306 |
Current liabilities | 2,086 | 2,220 |
Other non-current liabilities | 1,301 | 1,268 |
Total liabilities | 14,583 | 14,796 |
Total equity | 32,307 | 31,710 | $ 29,827
Current inventories | 1,734 | 1,878 |
Non-current inventories | 2,636 | 2,566 |
Kibali [Member] |  |  |
Disclosure of joint ventures [line items] |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalents | 1,116 | 944 |
Other current assets | 298 | 131 |
Current assets | 1,414 | 1,075 |
Non-current assets | 4,310 | 4,559 |
Assets | 5,724 | 5,634 |
Current financial liabilities (excluding trade, other payables & provisions) | 16 | 19 |
Other current liabilities | 143 | 103 |
Current liabilities | 159 | 122 |
Non-current financial liabilities (excluding trade, other payables & provisions) | 68 | 42 |
Other non-current liabilities | 709 | 653 |
Non-current liabilities | 777 | 695 |
Total liabilities | 936 | 817 |
Total equity | 4,788 | 4,817 |
Jabal Sayid [Member] |  |  |
Disclosure of joint ventures [line items] |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalents | 85 | 71 |
Other current assets | 178 | 68 |
Current assets | 263 | 139 |
Non-current assets | 419 | 429 |
Assets | 682 | 568 |
Current financial liabilities (excluding trade, other payables & provisions) | 13 | 4 |
Other current liabilities | 136 | 59 |
Current liabilities | 149 | 63 |
Non-current financial liabilities (excluding trade, other payables & provisions) | 0 | 0 |
Other non-current liabilities | 14 | 12 |
Non-current liabilities | 14 | 12 |
Total liabilities | 163 | 75 |
Total equity | 519 | 493 |
Zaldivar [Member] |  |  |
Disclosure of joint ventures [line items] |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalents | 171 | 271 |
Other current assets | 493 | 392 |
Current assets | 664 | 663 |
Non-current assets | 2,031 | 2,123 |
Assets | 2,695 | 2,786 |
Current financial liabilities (excluding trade, other payables & provisions) | 84 | 36 |
Other current liabilities | 142 | 257 |
Current liabilities | 226 | 293 |
Non-current financial liabilities (excluding trade, other payables & provisions) | 134 | 125 |
Other non-current liabilities | 529 | 545 |
Non-current liabilities | 663 | 670 |
Total liabilities | 889 | 963 |
Total equity | 1,806 | 1,823 |
Current inventories | $ 384 | 323 |
Zaldivar [Member] | Revision of Prior Period, Reclassification, Adjustment [Member] |  |  |
Disclosure of joint ventures [line items] |  |  |
Current inventories |  | 284 |
Non-current inventories |  | $ (284) |

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