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Inventories, Including Long-Term Mill and Leach Stockpiles (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2023
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Inventory | The components of inventories follow (in millions):
| September 30, 2023 |  | December 31, 2022 |
Current inventories: |  |  |  |
Raw materials (primarily copper concentrate) | $ | 467 |  |  | $ | 443 |  |
Work-in-process | 219 |  |  | 221 |  |
Finished goods a | 1,729 |  |  | 1,169 |  |
Total product | $ | 2,415 |  |  | $ | 1,833 |  |
Total materials and supplies, net b | $ | 2,131 |  |  | $ | 1,964 |  |
Mill stockpiles | $ | 165 |  |  | $ | 216 |  |
Leach stockpiles | 1,238 |  |  | 1,167 |  |
Total current mill and leach stockpiles | $ | 1,403 |  |  | $ | 1,383 |  |
Long-term inventories: |  |  |  |
Mill stockpiles | $ | 260 |  |  | $ | 199 |  |
Leach stockpiles | 1,067 |  |  | 1,053 |  |
Total long-term mill and leach stockpiles c | $ | 1,327 |  |  | $ | 1,252 |  |
a.The increase in finished goods inventory at September 30, 2023, was primarily associated with the change in PT-FI's commercial arrangement with PT Smelting (PT-FI’s 39.5% owned copper smelter and refinery in Gresik, Indonesia) from a copper concentrate sales agreement to a tolling arrangement beginning on January 1, 2023, and also included approximately 75 thousand ounces of gold available for sale pending approval of PT-FI’s export license for anode slimes. See Note 8 for further discussion. b.Materials and supplies inventory was net of obsolescence reserves totaling $31 million at September 30, 2023, and $39 million at December 31, 2022. c.Estimated metals in stockpiles not expected to be recovered within the next 12 months.

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