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Income Taxes (Unaudited) (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2017
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Income before income taxes and equity in an affiliated companies' net earnings | Geographic sources of FCX’s provision for income taxes follow (in millions):
| Three Months Ended |
| March 31, |
| 2017 |  | 2016 |
U.S. operations | $ | (7 | ) |  | $ | 11 |  |
International operations | (167 | ) |  | (88 | ) |
Total | $ | (174 | ) |  | $ | (77 | ) |

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