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General Information (Unaudited) Disposition (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2016
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |
Cash Flows from Discontinued Operations [Table Text Block] | Cash flows from discontinued operations included in the consolidated statements of cash flows follow (in millions):
| Three Months Ended
| March 31,
| 2016 |  | 2015
Net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 89 |  |  | $ | 138 |
Net cash used in investing activities | (36 | ) |  | (48 | )
Net cash used in financing activities | (3 | ) |  | (28 | )
Increase in cash and cash equivalents in assets held for sale | $ | 50 |  |  | $ | 62 |
Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Disclosure [Text Block] | Net (loss) income from discontinued operations in the consolidated statements of operations consists of the following (in millions):
| Three Months Ended
| March 31,
| 2016 |  | 2015
Revenues a | $ | 285 |  |  | $ | 382 |
Costs and expenses: |  |  |
Production and delivery costs | 226 |  |  | 233 |
Depreciation, depletion and amortization | 60 |  |  | 73 |
Interest expense allocated from parent b | 10 |  |  | 7 |
Other costs and expenses, net | — |  |  | 9 |
Net (loss) income before income taxes | (11 | ) |  | 60 |
Benefit from (provision for) income taxes | 7 |  |  | (19 | )
Net (loss) income from discontinued operations | $ | (4 | ) |  | $ | 41 |
a. | In accordance with accounting guidance, amounts are net of eliminations of intercompany sales totaling $32 million in first-quarter 2016 and $28 million in first-quarter 2015.
b. | 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.
Schedule of Assets and Liabilities Disposed of by Sale in Period of Disposition [Table Text Block] | The carrying amounts of TFHL's major classes of assets, liabilities and noncontrolling interests, which are held for sale in the consolidated balance sheets, follow (in millions):
| March 31, 2016 |  | December 31, 2015 |
Assets |  |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 79 |  |  | $ | 29 |  |
Inventories | 553 |  |  | 584 |  |
Receivables and other current assets | 131 |  |  | 131 |  |
Total current assets held for sale | $ | 763 |  |  | $ | 744 |  |
Property, plant, equipment and mining development costs, net | $ | 3,241 |  |  | $ | 3,261 |  |
Inventories | 621 |  |  | 608 |  |
Other assets | 238 |  |  | 241 |  |
Total long-term assets held for sale | $ | 4,100 |  | a | $ | 4,110 |  | a
Liabilities |  |  |  |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | $ | 100 |  |  | $ | 108 |  |
Total current liabilities held for sale | $ | 100 |  |  | $ | 108 |  |
Deferred income taxes | $ | 677 |  |  | $ | 681 |  |
Asset retirement obligations and other liabilities | 39 |  |  | 37 |  |
Total long-term liabilities held for sale | $ | 716 |  |  | $ | 718 |  |
Noncontrolling interests | $ | 1,187 |  |  | $ | 1,178 |  |

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