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Acquisitions and divestitures - Fair values of asstes and liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | Dec. 31, 2022 | Jun. 22, 2022 | Dec. 31, 2021 | Jun. 22, 2021 | Dec. 31, 2020 | Dec. 31, 2019
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Acquired assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalents |  | $ (4,736) |  | $ (11,721) |  | $ (13,487) | $ (7,350)
Property, plant and equipment, fair value adjustments |  | $ 916 |  |  |  |  |
Nacala Corridor Holding [Member] | Discontinued operations [member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Acquired assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalents |  |  | $ 172 |  |  |  |
Inventory, recoverable tax, and other assets |  |  | 423 |  |  |  |
Intangible |  |  | 2,219 |  |  |  |
Property, plant, and equipment |  |  | 1,363 |  |  |  |
Assumed liabilities |  |  | (158) |  |  |  |
Net identifiable assets acquired |  |  | 4,019 |  |  |  |
Fair Value Adjustments, Recognised As Of Acquisition Date | [1] |  | 1,590 |  |  |  |
Total identifiable net assets at fair value |  |  | 2,429 |  |  |  |
Pre-existing relation (Loans receivable from NLC) |  |  | 859 |  |  |  |
Loss on pre-existing relation |  |  | (771) |  |  |  |
Total identifiable net assets at fair value |  |  | 2,517 |  | $ 2,517 |  |
Cash consideration |  |  | 2,517 |  |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalents |  |  | (172) |  |  |  |
Net cash outflow |  |  | $ 2,345 |  |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment, fair value adjustments |  |  |  |  | 441 |  |
Intangible assets, fair value adjustments |  |  |  |  | $ 791 |  |
[1] | Of this amount, US$441 was allocated to property, plant, and equipment and US$791 was allocated to intangible and the remaining amount was allocated to other assets.

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