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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Schedule of diluted earnings per share | A reconciliation of net income and weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding for purposes of calculating diluted net income per share for the years ended December 31 follows:
| 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011 |
Net income | $ | 3,441 |  |  | $ | 3,980 |  |  | $ | 5,747 |  |
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests | (761 | ) |  | (939 | ) |  | (1,187 | ) |
Preferred dividends on redeemable noncontrolling interest | (22 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |
Net income attributable to FCX common stockholders | $ | 2,658 |  |  | $ | 3,041 |  |  | $ | 4,560 |  |
Weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding (millions) | 1,002 |  |  | 949 |  |  | 947 |  |
Add shares issuable upon exercise or vesting of dilutive stock options and restricted stock units (millions) | 4 |  | a | 5 |  | a | 8 |  | a
Weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding for purposes of calculating diluted net income per share (millions) | 1,006 |  |  | 954 |  |  | 955 |  |
Diluted net income per share attributable to FCX common stockholders | $ | 2.64 |  |  | $ | 3.19 |  |  | $ | 4.78 |  |
a. | Excluded shares of common stock associated with outstanding stock options with exercise prices less than the average market price of FCX's common stock that were anti-dilutive based on the treasury stock method totaled approximately one million for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, and two million for the year ended December 31, 2011.

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