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BUSINESS SEGMENTS | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2019
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Business Segment | BUSINESS SEGMENTS FCX has organized its mining operations into four primary divisions – North America copper mines, South America mining, Indonesia mining and Molybdenum mines, and operating segments that meet certain thresholds are reportable segments. Separately disclosed in the following tables are FCX’s reportable segments, which include the Morenci, Cerro Verde and Grasberg (Indonesia Mining) copper mines, the Rod & Refining operations and Atlantic Copper Smelting & Refining. Intersegment sales between FCX’s business segments are based on terms similar to arms-length transactions with third parties at the time of the sale. Intersegment sales may not be reflective of the actual prices ultimately realized because of a variety of factors, including additional processing, timing of sales to unaffiliated customers and transportation premiums. FCX defers recognizing profits on sales from its mines to other segments, including Atlantic Copper Smelting & Refining, and on 25 percent of PT-FI’s sales to PT Smelting, until final sales to third parties occur. Quarterly variations in ore grades, the timing of intercompany shipments and changes in product prices result in variability in FCX’s net deferred profits and quarterly earnings. FCX allocates certain operating costs, expenses and capital expenditures to its operating divisions and individual segments. However, not all costs and expenses applicable to an operation are allocated. U.S. federal and state income taxes are recorded and managed at the corporate level (included in Corporate, Other & Eliminations), whereas foreign income taxes are recorded and managed at the applicable country level. In addition, most mining exploration and research activities are managed on a consolidated basis, and those costs, along with some selling, general and administrative costs, are not allocated to the operating divisions or individual segments. Accordingly, the following Financial Information by Business Segment reflects management determinations that may not be indicative of what the actual financial performance of each operating division or segment would be if it was an independent entity. Product Revenues. FCX’s revenues attributable to the products it sold for the third quarters and first nine months of 2019 and 2018 follow (in millions):
| Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended
| September 30, |  | September 30,
| 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Copper: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Concentrate | $ | 952 |  |  | $ | 1,743 |  |  | $ | 3,251 |  |  | $ | 5,093 |
Cathode | 878 |  |  | 1,015 |  |  | 2,696 |  |  | 3,383 |
Rod and other refined copper products | 537 |  |  | 561 |  |  | 1,560 |  |  | 1,899 |
Purchased copper a | 210 |  |  | 256 |  |  | 872 |  |  | 776 |
Gold | 415 |  |  | 1,073 |  |  | 1,111 |  |  | 2,814 |
Molybdenum | 295 |  |  | 286 |  |  | 910 |  |  | 882 |
Other b | 202 |  |  | 381 |  |  | 697 |  |  | 1,179 |
Adjustments to revenues: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Treatment charges | (87 | ) |  | (162 | ) |  | (292 | ) |  | (433 | )
Royalty expense c | (24 | ) |  | (75 | ) |  | (73 | ) |  | (217 | )
Export duties d | (174 | ) |  | (52 | ) |  | (201 | ) |  | (153 | )
Revenues from contracts with customers | 3,204 |  |  | 5,026 |  |  | 10,531 |  |  | 15,223 |
Embedded derivatives e | (51 | ) |  | (118 | ) |  | (40 | ) |  | (279 | )
Total consolidated revenues | $ | 3,153 |  |  | $ | 4,908 |  |  | $ | 10,491 |  |  | $ | 14,944 |
a. | FCX purchases copper cathode primarily for processing by its Rod & Refining operations.
b. | Primarily includes revenues associated with cobalt and silver.
c. | Reflects royalties on sales from PT-FI and Cerro Verde that will vary with the volume of metal sold and prices.
d. | Reflects PT-FI export duties. The third quarter and first nine months of 2019 include charges totaling $166 million primarily associated with an unfavorable Indonesia Supreme Court ruling related to certain disputed export duties (refer to Note 12).
e. | Refer to Note 6 for discussion of embedded derivatives related to FCX’s provisionally priced concentrate and cathode sales contracts.
Financial Information by Business Segment
(In millions) |  |  |  |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Atlantic |  | Corporate, |  |
| North America Copper Mines |  | South America |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Copper |  | Other |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |  | Cerro |  |  |  |  |  | Indonesia |  | Molybdenum |  | Rod & |  | Smelting |  | & Elimi- |  | FCX
| Morenci |  | Other |  | Total |  | Verde |  | Other |  | Total |  | Mining |  | Mines |  | Refining |  | & Refining |  | nations |  | Total
Three Months Ended September 30, 2019 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Unaffiliated customers | $ | 61 |  |  | $ | 19 |  |  | $ | 80 |  |  | $ | 504 |  |  | $ | 117 |  |  | $ | 621 |  |  | $ | 488 |  | a | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,104 |  |  | $ | 437 |  |  | $ | 423 |  | b | $ | 3,153 |
Intersegment | 462 |  |  | 598 |  |  | 1,060 |  |  | 65 |  |  | — |  |  | 65 |  |  | — |  |  | 90 |  |  | 8 |  |  | — |  |  | (1,223 | ) |  | — |
Production and delivery | 377 |  |  | 519 |  |  | 896 |  |  | 417 |  |  | 111 |  |  | 528 |  |  | 399 |  |  | 85 |  |  | 1,111 |  |  | 421 |  |  | (775 | ) |  | 2,665 |
Depreciation, depletion and amortization | 45 |  |  | 46 |  |  | 91 |  |  | 93 |  |  | 16 |  |  | 109 |  |  | 77 |  |  | 16 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 7 |  |  | 20 |  |  | 322 |
Metals inventory adjustments | 1 |  |  | 37 |  |  | 38 |  |  | 2 |  |  | — |  |  | 2 |  |  | — |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 41 |
Selling, general and administrative expenses | 1 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 2 |  |  | — |  |  | 2 |  |  | 31 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 5 |  |  | 66 |  |  | 106 |
Mining exploration and research expenses | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 25 |  |  | 25 |
Environmental obligations and shutdown costs | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 20 |  |  | 20 |
Net loss on sales of assets | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 12 |  |  | 12 |
Operating income (loss) | 99 |  |  | 14 |  |  | 113 |  |  | 55 |  |  | (10 | ) |  | 45 |  |  | (19 | ) |  | (12 | ) |  | (1 | ) |  | 4 |  |  | (168 | ) |  | (38 | )
Interest expense, net | — |  |  | 1 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 25 |  |  | — |  |  | 25 |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 5 |  |  | 91 |  |  | 123 |
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 29 |  |  | 4 |  |  | 33 |  |  | (8 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (1 | ) |  | 67 |  |  | 91 |
Total assets at September 30, 2019 | 2,943 |  |  | 5,005 |  |  | 7,948 |  |  | 8,500 |  |  | 1,723 |  |  | 10,223 |  |  | 16,447 |  |  | 1,786 |  |  | 236 |  |  | 680 |  |  | 3,623 |  |  | 40,943 |
Capital expenditures | 61 |  |  | 163 |  |  | 224 |  |  | 61 |  |  | 7 |  |  | 68 |  |  | 334 |  |  | 5 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 9 |  |  | 25 |  |  | 666 |
Three Months Ended September 30, 2018 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Unaffiliated customers | $ | 30 |  |  | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | 32 |  |  | $ | 687 |  |  | $ | 122 |  |  | $ | 809 |  |  | $ | 1,703 |  | a | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,212 |  |  | $ | 579 |  |  | $ | 573 |  | b | $ | 4,908 |
Intersegment | 467 |  |  | 587 |  |  | 1,054 |  |  | 71 |  |  | — |  |  | 71 |  |  | 61 |  |  | 101 |  |  | 8 |  |  | — |  |  | (1,295 | ) |  | — |
Production and delivery | 304 |  |  | 485 |  |  | 789 |  |  | 519 |  |  | 105 |  |  | 624 |  |  | 522 |  |  | 76 |  |  | 1,215 |  |  | 559 |  |  | (716 | ) |  | 3,069 |
Depreciation, depletion and amortization | 43 |  |  | 45 |  |  | 88 |  |  | 122 |  |  | 20 |  |  | 142 |  |  | 181 |  |  | 20 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 6 |  |  | 18 |  |  | 458 |
Selling, general and administrative expenses | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | 1 |  |  | 3 |  |  | — |  |  | 3 |  |  | 29 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 5 |  |  | 63 |  |  | 101 |
Mining exploration and research expenses | — |  |  | 1 |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 26 |  |  | 27 |
Environmental obligations and shutdown costs | — |  |  | 2 |  |  | 2 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 6 |  |  | 8 |
Net gain on sales of assets | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (70 | ) |  | (70 | )
Operating income (loss) | 149 |  |  | 56 |  |  | 205 |  |  | 114 |  |  | (3 | ) |  | 111 |  |  | 1,032 |  |  | 5 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 9 |  |  | (49 | ) |  | 1,315 |
Interest expense, net | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | 1 |  |  | 15 |  |  | — |  |  | 15 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 7 |  |  | 120 |  |  | 143 |
Provision for income taxes | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 37 |  |  | 5 |  |  | 42 |  |  | 424 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 56 |  |  | 522 |
Total assets at September 30, 2018 | 2,826 |  |  | 4,465 |  |  | 7,291 |  |  | 8,613 |  |  | 1,709 |  |  | 10,322 |  |  | 11,764 |  |  | 1,808 |  |  | 284 |  |  | 835 |  |  | 5,445 |  |  | 37,749 |
Capital expenditures | 63 |  |  | 118 |  |  | 181 |  |  | 47 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 50 |  |  | 246 |  |  | 4 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 22 |  |  | 507 |
a. | Includes PT-FI's sales to PT Smelting totaling $475 million in third-quarter 2019 and $827 million in third-quarter 2018.
b. | Includes revenues from FCX's molybdenum sales company, which includes sales of molybdenum produced by the Molybdenum mines and by certain of the North America and South America copper mines.
(In millions) |  |  |  |  |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Atlantic |  | Corporate, |  |  |
| North America Copper Mines |  | South America Mining |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Copper |  | Other |  |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |  | Cerro |  |  |  |  |  | Indonesia |  | Molybdenum |  | Rod & |  | Smelting |  | & Elimi- |  | FCX |
| Morenci |  | Other |  | Total |  | Verde |  | Other |  | Total |  | Mining |  | Mines |  | Refining |  | & Refining |  | nations |  | Total |
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Unaffiliated customers | $ | 89 |  |  | $ | 183 |  |  | $ | 272 |  |  | $ | 1,793 |  |  | $ | 343 |  |  | $ | 2,136 |  |  | $ | 1,776 |  | a | $ | — |  |  | $ | 3,403 |  |  | $ | 1,554 |  |  | $ | 1,350 |  | b | $ | 10,491 |  |
Intersegment | 1,411 |  |  | 1,611 |  |  | 3,022 |  |  | 262 |  |  | — |  |  | 262 |  |  | 57 |  |  | 290 |  |  | 18 |  |  | 5 |  |  | (3,654 | ) |  | — |  |
Production and delivery | 1,020 |  |  | 1,443 |  |  | 2,463 |  |  | 1,311 |  |  | 337 |  |  | 1,648 |  |  | 1,509 |  |  | 234 |  |  | 3,415 |  |  | 1,488 |  |  | (2,173 | ) |  | 8,584 |  |
Depreciation, depletion and amortization | 128 |  |  | 133 |  |  | 261 |  |  | 294 |  |  | 48 |  |  | 342 |  |  | 281 |  |  | 50 |  |  | 7 |  |  | 21 |  |  | 59 |  |  | 1,021 |  |
Metals inventory adjustments | 1 |  |  | 38 |  |  | 39 |  |  | 2 |  |  | — |  |  | 2 |  |  | — |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 58 |  |  | 100 |  |
Selling, general and administrative expenses | 2 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 4 |  |  | 6 |  |  | — |  |  | 6 |  |  | 91 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 15 |  |  | 199 |  |  | 315 |  |
Mining exploration and research expenses | — |  |  | 1 |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 82 |  |  | 83 |  |
Environmental obligations and shutdown costs | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 85 |  |  | 85 |  |
Net gain on sales of assets | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (13 | ) |  | (13 | ) |
Operating income (loss) | 349 |  |  | 177 |  |  | 526 |  |  | 442 |  |  | (42 | ) |  | 400 |  |  | (48 | ) |  | 5 |  |  | (1 | ) |  | 35 |  |  | (601 | ) |  | 316 |  |
Interest expense, net | 2 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 79 |  |  | — |  |  | 79 |  |  | 2 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 17 |  |  | 300 |  |  | 401 |  |
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 159 |  |  | (10 | ) |  | 149 |  |  | (9 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 2 |  |  | 39 |  |  | 181 |  |
Capital expenditures | 172 |  |  | 469 |  |  | 641 |  |  | 160 |  |  | 16 |  |  | 176 |  |  | 992 |  |  | 11 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 18 |  |  | 76 |  |  | 1,917 |  |
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Unaffiliated customers | $ | 58 |  |  | $ | 30 |  |  | $ | 88 |  |  | $ | 2,031 |  |  | $ | 443 |  |  | $ | 2,474 |  |  | $ | 4,863 |  | a | $ | — |  |  | $ | 3,984 |  |  | $ | 1,758 |  |  | $ | 1,777 |  | b | $ | 14,944 |  |
Intersegment | 1,636 |  |  | 1,917 |  |  | 3,553 |  |  | 273 |  |  | — |  |  | 273 |  |  | 114 |  |  | 307 |  |  | 24 |  |  | 2 |  |  | (4,273 | ) |  | — |  |
Production and delivery | 892 |  |  | 1,475 |  |  | 2,367 |  |  | 1,391 |  |  | 354 |  |  | 1,745 |  |  | 1,404 |  |  | 214 |  |  | 3,992 |  |  | 1,694 |  |  | (2,626 | ) |  | 8,790 |  |
Depreciation, depletion and amortization | 133 |  |  | 141 |  |  | 274 |  |  | 336 |  |  | 66 |  |  | 402 |  |  | 534 |  |  | 60 |  |  | 8 |  |  | 20 |  |  | 53 |  |  | 1,351 |  |
Metals inventory adjustments | — |  |  | 2 |  |  | 2 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 2 |  |
Selling, general and administrative expenses | 3 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 5 |  |  | 7 |  |  | — |  |  | 7 |  |  | 96 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 16 |  |  | 217 |  |  | 341 |  |
Mining exploration and research expenses | — |  |  | 2 |  |  | 2 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 70 |  |  | 72 |  |
Environmental obligations and shutdown costs | — |  |  | 2 |  |  | 2 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 74 |  |  | 76 |  |
Net gain on sales of assets | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (126 | ) |  | (126 | ) |
Operating income (loss) | 666 |  |  | 323 |  |  | 989 |  |  | 570 |  |  | 23 |  |  | 593 |  |  | 2,943 |  |  | 33 |  |  | 8 |  |  | 30 |  |  | (158 | ) |  | 4,438 |  |
Interest expense, net | 3 |  |  | — |  |  | 3 |  |  | 48 |  |  | — |  |  | 48 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 18 |  |  | 367 |  |  | 436 |  |
Provision for income taxes | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 207 |  |  | 15 |  |  | 222 |  |  | 1,254 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1 |  |  | 66 |  |  | 1,543 |  |
Capital expenditures | 151 |  |  | 262 |  |  | 413 |  |  | 178 |  |  | 10 |  |  | 188 |  |  | 695 |  |  | 6 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 10 |  |  | 76 |  |  | 1,391 |  |
a. | Includes PT-FI’s sales to PT Smelting totaling $1.4 billion for the first nine months of 2019 and $2.1 billion for the first nine months of 2018.
b. Includes revenues from FCX’s molybdenum sales company, which includes sales of molybdenum produced by the Molybdenum mines and by certain of the North America and South America copper mines.

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