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Dispositions (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2016
Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract] |
Schedule of Assets and Liabilities Disposed of by Sale in Period of Disposition | The carrying amounts of TFHL's major classes of assets, liabilities and noncontrolling interests, which are presented as held for sale in the consolidated balance sheets, follow (in millions):
| September 30, 2016 |  | December 31, 2015 |
Assets |  |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 68 |  |  | $ | 29 |  |
Inventories | 1,129 |  |  | 584 |  |
Receivables and other current assets | 140 |  |  | 131 |  |
Property, plant, equipment and mining development costs, net | 3,062 |  |  | — |  |
Other assets | 250 |  |  | — |  |
Total current assets held for sale | $ | 4,649 |  | a | $ | 744 |  |
Property, plant, equipment and mining development costs, net | $ | — |  |  | $ | 3,261 |  |
Inventories | — |  |  | 608 |  |
Other assets | — |  |  | 241 |  |
Total long-term assets held for sale | $ | — |  |  | $ | 4,110 |  | a
Liabilities |  |  |  |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | $ | 84 |  |  | $ | 108 |  |
Deferred income taxes | 691 |  |  | — |  |
Asset retirement obligations and other liabilities | 46 |  |  | — |  |
Total current liabilities held for sale | $ | 821 |  |  | $ | 108 |  |
Deferred income taxes | $ | — |  |  | $ | 681 |  |
Asset retirement obligations and other liabilities | — |  |  | 37 |  |
Total long-term liabilities held for sale | $ | — |  |  | $ | 718 |  |
Noncontrolling interests | $ | 1,192 |  |  | $ | 1,178 |  |
Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations | Net (loss) income from discontinued operations in the consolidated statements of operations consists of the following (in millions):
| Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended
| September 30, |  | September 30,
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Revenues a | $ | 261 |  |  | $ | 299 |  |  | $ | 819 |  |  | $ | 991 |
Costs and expenses: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Production and delivery costs | 248 |  |  | 207 |  |  | 730 |  |  | 637 |
Depreciation, depletion and amortization | — |  | b | 65 |  |  | 80 |  | b | 195 |
Interest expense allocated from parent c | 12 |  |  | 6 |  |  | 33 |  |  | 20 |
Other costs and expenses, net | 4 |  |  | 7 |  |  | 10 |  |  | 24 |
(Loss) income before income taxes and estimated loss on disposal | (3 | ) |  | 14 |  |  | (34 | ) |  | 115 |
Estimated loss on disposal d | (5 | ) |  | — |  |  | (182 | ) |  | — |
Net (loss) income before income taxes | (8 | ) |  | 14 |  |  | (216 | ) |  | 115 |
Benefit from (provision for) income taxes | 2 |  |  | 11 |  |  | 25 |  |  | (20 | )
Net (loss) income from discontinued operations | $ | (6 | ) |  | $ | 25 |  |  | $ | (191 | ) |  | $ | 95 |
a. | In accordance with accounting guidance, amounts are net of eliminations of intercompany sales totaling $53 million in third-quarter 2016, $29 million in third-quarter 2015, $125 million for the first nine months of 2016 and $98 million for the first nine months of 2015.
b. | In accordance with accounting guidance, depreciation, depletion and amortization is not recognized subsequent to classification as assets held for sale.
c. | In accordance with accounting guidance, interest associated with FCX's Term Loan that will be required to be repaid as a result of the sale of TFHL has been allocated to discontinued operations.
d. | In accordance with accounting guidance, an estimated loss on disposal was recorded, which will be adjusted through closing of the transaction
Cash Flows from Discontinued Operations | Cash flows from discontinued operations included in the consolidated statements of cash flows follow (in millions):
| Nine Months Ended
| September 30,
| 2016 |  | 2015
Net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 213 |  |  | $ | 186 |
Net cash used in investing activities | (71 | ) |  | (173 | )
Net cash used in financing activities | (103 | ) |  | (55 | )
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents in assets held for sale | $ | 39 |  |  | $ | (42 | )

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