Income Taxes (Unaudited) (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2021

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income before income taxes and equity in an affiliated companies' net earnings

Geographic sources of FCX’s (provision for) benefit from income taxes follow (in millions):

	Six Months Ended
	June 30,
	2021		2020
U.S. operations	$	(4)	$	58	a
International operations	(1,042)		(94)
Total	$	(1,046)	$	(36)

a.Includes a tax credit of $53 million associated with the reversal of a year-end 2019 tax charge related to the sale of FCX’s interest in the lower zone of the Timok exploration project in Serbia, after considering relevant tax law.