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Financial and capital risk management - Financial instruments, except for accounts receivable (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | Dec. 31, 2022 | Dec. 31, 2021
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IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items] |  |
Financial assets | $ 6,634 | $ 13,379
Cash And Cash Equivalents Current [Member] |  |
IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items] |  |
Financial assets | 4,736 | 11,721
Short Term Investment [Member] |  |
IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items] |  |
Financial assets | 61 | 184
Restricted Cash [Member] |  |
IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items] |  |
Financial assets | 77 | 117
Judicial Deposits [Member] |  |
IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items] |  |
Financial assets | 1,215 | 1,220
Derivatives [member] |  |
IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items] |  |
Financial assets | 538 | 131
Investments In Equity Securities Noncurrent [Member] |  |
IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items] |  |
Financial assets | $ 7 | $ 6

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- Definition The amount of assets that are: (a) cash; (b) an equity instrument of another entity; (c) a contractual right: (i) to receive cash or another financial asset from another entity; or (ii) to exchange financial assets or financial liabilities with another entity under conditions that are potentially favourable to the entity; or (d) a contract that will, or may be, settled in the entity’s own equity instruments and is: (i) a non-derivative for which the entity is, or may be, obliged to receive a variable number of the entity’s own equity instruments; or (ii) a derivative that will, or may be, settled other than by the exchange of a fixed amount of cash or another financial asset for a fixed number of the entity’s own equity instruments. For this purpose the entity’s own equity instruments do not include puttable financial instruments classified as equity instruments in accordance with paragraphs 16A-16B of IAS 32, instruments that impose on the entity an obligation to deliver to another party a pro rata share of the net assets of the entity only on liquidation and are classified as equity instruments in accordance with paragraphs 16C-16D of IAS 32, or instruments that are contracts for the future receipt or delivery of the entity’s own equity instruments. [Refer: Financial instruments, class [member]; Financial liabilities] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IFRS -Number 7 -IssueDate 2022-03-24 -Paragraph 35H -URI https://taxonomy.ifrs.org/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=7&code=ifrs-tx-2022-en-r&anchor=para_35H&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2022-03-24 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IFRS -Number 7 -IssueDate 2022-03-24 -Paragraph 35M -URI https://taxonomy.ifrs.org/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=7&code=ifrs-tx-2022-en-r&anchor=para_35M&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2022-03-24 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/exampleRef -Name IFRS -Number 7 -IssueDate 2022-03-24 -Paragraph 35N -URI https://taxonomy.ifrs.org/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=7&code=ifrs-tx-2022-en-r&anchor=para_35N&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2022-03-24 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IFRS -Number 7 -IssueDate 2022-03-24 -Paragraph 35I -URI https://taxonomy.ifrs.org/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=7&code=ifrs-tx-2022-en-r&anchor=para_35I&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2022-03-24 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IFRS -Number 7 -IssueDate 2022-03-24 -Paragraph 25 -URI https://taxonomy.ifrs.org/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=7&code=ifrs-tx-2022-en-r&anchor=para_25&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2022-03-24 + Details
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