FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Fair Value Measurement Inputs Disclosure

A summary of the carrying amount and fair value of FCX’s financial instruments (including those measured at NAV as a practical expedient), other than cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, restricted cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued liabilities, and dividends payable (refer to Note 14) follows:


	At December 31, 2021
	Carrying		Fair Value
	Amount		Total		NAV		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Assets
Investment securities:a,b
Equity securities	$	50	$	50	$	—	$	50	$	—	$	—
U.S. core fixed income fund	29		29		29		—		—		—

Total	79		79		29		50		—		—

Legally restricted funds:a
U.S. core fixed income fund	64		64		64		—		—		—
Government bonds and notes	53		53		—		—		53		—
Corporate bonds	45		45		—		—		45		—
Government mortgage-backed securities	20		20		—		—		20		—
Asset-backed securities	18		18		—		—		18		—
Money market funds	8		8		—		8		—		—

Municipal bonds	1		1		—		—		1		—
Total	209		209		64		8		137		—

Derivatives:
Embedded derivatives in provisional sales/purchase
contracts in a gross asset positionc	64		64		—		—		64		—
Copper futures and swap contractsc	12		12		—		9		3		—
Copper forward contractsc	1		1		—		1		—		—


Total	77		77		—		10		67		—

Contingent consideration for the sale of the
Deepwater GOM oil and gas propertiesa	90		81		—		—		—		81



Liabilities
Derivatives:c
Embedded derivatives in provisional sales/purchase
contracts in a gross liability position	27	27	—	—	27	—



Copper forward contracts	1	1	—	1	—	—

Total	28	28	—	1	27	—



Long-term debt, including current portiond	9,450	10,630	—	—	10,630	—


	At December 31, 2020
	Carrying		Fair Value
	Amount		Total		NAV		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Assets
Investment securities:a,b
U.S. core fixed income fund	$	29	$	29	$	29	$	—	$	—	$	—

Equity securities	7		7		—		7		—		—
Total	36		36		29		7		—		—

Legally restricted funds:a
U.S. core fixed income fund	65		65		65		—		—		—



Government bonds and notes	49		49		—		—		49		—
Corporate bonds	43		43		—		—		43		—
Government mortgage-backed securities	30		30		—		—		30		—
Asset-backed securities	16		16		—		—		16		—
Money market funds	5		5		—		5		—		—
Collateralized mortgage-backed securities	4		4		—		—		4		—
Municipal bonds	1		1		—		—		1		—
Total	213		213		65		5		143		—

Derivatives:
Embedded derivatives in provisional sales/purchase
contracts in a gross asset positionc	169		169		—		—		169		—
Copper futures and swap contractsc	15		15		—		13		2		—



Total	184		184		—		13		171		—

Contingent consideration for the sale of the
Deepwater GOM oil and gas propertiesa	108		88		—		—		—		88



Liabilities
Derivatives:c
Embedded derivatives in provisional sales/purchase
contracts in a gross liability position	21		21		—		—		21		—



Long-term debt, including current portiond	9,711		10,994		—		—		10,994		—

a.Current portion included in other current assets and long-term portion included in other assets.

b.Excludes time deposits (which approximated fair value) included in (i) other current assets of $114 million at December 31, 2021, and $97 million at December 31, 2020, and (ii) other assets of $132 million at December 31, 2021, and $148 million at December 31, 2020, primarily associated with an assurance bond to support PT-FI’s commitment for the development of a greenfield smelter in Indonesia (refer to Note 13 for further discussion) and PT-FI’s closure and reclamation guarantees (refer to Note 12 for further discussion).

c.Refer to Note 14 for further discussion and balance sheet classifications.

d.Recorded at cost except for debt assumed in acquisitions, which are recorded at fair value at the respective acquisition dates.

Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation

A summary of the changes in the fair value of FCX’s Level 3 instrument, contingent consideration for the sale of the Deepwater GOM oil and gas properties, for the years ended December 31 follows:


	2021		2020		2019
Balance at beginning of year	$	88	$	108	$	127

Net unrealized gains (losses) related to assets still held at the end of the year	12		(6)		2
Settlements	(19)		(14)		(21)
Balance at end of year	$	81	$	88	$	108