Income Taxes (Unaudited)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Taxes

INCOME TAXES

Geographic sources of FCX's provision for income taxes follow (in millions):

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
	2011		2010		2011		2010
United States operations	$	163	$	73	$	421	$	205
International operations	645		772		2,277		1,751
Total	$	808	$	845	$	2,698	$	1,956

FCX’s consolidated effective income tax rate totaled 36 percent for the first nine months of2011 and 35 percent for the first nine months of 2010. Variations in the relative proportions of jurisdictional income can result in fluctuations to FCX’s consolidated effective income tax rate.