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Inventories, Including Long-Term Mill and Leach Stockpiles | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2022
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract] |
Inventories, Including Long-Term Mill and Leach Stockpiles | INVENTORIES, INCLUDING LONG-TERM MILL AND LEACH STOCKPILES The components of inventories follow (in millions):
| September 30, 2022 |  | December 31, 2021 |
Current inventories: |  |  |  |
Total materials and supplies, net a | $ | 1,873 |  |  | $ | 1,669 |  |
Mill stockpiles | $ | 202 |  |  | $ | 193 |  |
Leach stockpiles | 1,167 |  |  | 977 |  |
Total current mill and leach stockpiles | $ | 1,369 |  |  | $ | 1,170 |  |
Raw materials (primarily concentrate) | $ | 353 |  |  | $ | 536 |  |
Work-in-process | 204 |  |  | 195 |  |
Finished goods | 1,020 |  |  | 927 |  |
Total product | $ | 1,577 |  |  | $ | 1,658 |  |
Long-term inventories: |  |  |  |
Mill stockpiles | $ | 203 |  |  | $ | 226 |  |
Leach stockpiles | 991 |  |  | 1,161 |  |
Total long-term mill and leach stockpiles b | $ | 1,194 |  |  | $ | 1,387 |  |
a. Materials and supplies inventory was net of obsolescence reserves totaling $41 million at September 30, 2022, and $36 million at December 31, 2021. b. Estimated metals in stockpiles not expected to be recovered within the next 12 months. FCX recorded metals inventory adjustments totaling $25 million in third-quarter 2022, primarily associated with net realizable value (NRV) adjustments related to lower market prices for copper and higher costs associated with revised estimated recoverable copper at El Abra discussed below. Metal inventory adjustments totaled $43 million for the first nine months of 2022, including $33 million associated with NRV adjustments related to lower market prices for copper and $10 million for stockpile write-offs at Cerro Verde. FCX recorded charges for metals inventory adjustments totaling $15 million for the first nine months of 2021, primarily related to a leach stockpile adjustment. Refer to Note 9 for metals inventory adjustments by business segment. El Abra Stockpile Adjustment. As discussed in FCX’s 2021 Form 10-K, processes and recovery rates for mill and leach stockpiles are monitored regularly, and recovery rate estimates are adjusted periodically as additional information becomes available and as related technology changes. Adjustments to recovery rates will typically result in a future impact to the value of the material removed from the stockpiles at a revised weighted-average cost per pound of recoverable copper. In second-quarter 2022, FCX’s El Abra mine revised its estimated recovery rate assumptions for specific ore types expected to be processed from its existing leach stockpile. The revised estimates resulted in a 135 million pound reduction in future estimated recoverable copper from this leach stockpile, which is being phased out. This revision had an unfavorable impact on El Abra’s costs but did not have a significant impact on FCX’s consolidated site production and delivery costs for the 2022 periods.

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