Income Taxes (Unaudited) (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Geographic Sources of Provision for 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