Income Taxes (Unaudited)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Taxes

INCOME TAXES

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

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2012		2011
United States operations	$	83	$	138
International operations	408		846
Total	$	491	$	984

FCX’s consolidated effective income tax rate totaled 33 percent for first-quarter2012 and 35 percent for first-quarter2011. Variations in the relative proportions of jurisdictional income can result in fluctuations to FCX’s consolidated effective income tax rate.