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2415403 - Disclosure - CONTINGENCIES (Environmental Obligations) (Details)
(http://www.fcx.com/role/ContingenciesEnvironmentalObligationsDetails)
TableEnvironmental obligations [Table]
Slicers (applies to each fact value in each table cell)
Reporting Entity [Axis]0000831259 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK)
Environmental obligations [Line Items]Period [Axis]
2013-01-01 - 2013-12-31
2012-01-01 - 2012-12-31
2011-01-01 - 2011-12-31
Range [Axis]Range [Axis]Range [Axis]
Minimum [Member]Maximum [Member]Range [Domain]Range [Domain]Range [Domain]
Accrual for Environmental Loss Contingencies [Roll Forward]
 
 
 
 
 
Balance at beginning of year
 
 
1,222,000,000  
1,453,000,000  
1,422,000,000  
Accretion Expense
 
 
79,000,000 1
80,000,000 1
88,000,000 1
Additions
 
 
73,000,000  
70,000,000  
132,000,000  
Reductions
 
 
(77,000,000)2
(182,000,000)2
(68,000,000)2
Spending
 
 
(130,000,000) 
(199,000,000) 
(121,000,000) 
Balance at end of year
 
 
 
 
1,167,000,000  
 
1,222,000,000  
 
1,453,000,000  
 
Less current portion
 
 
121,000,000  
186,000,000  
205,000,000  
Long-term portion
 
 
1,046,000,000  
1,036,000,000  
1,248,000,000  
Estimated environmental cash payments (on an undiscounted and unescalated basis) [Abstract]
 
 
 
 
 
2014
 
 
121,000,000  
 
 
2015
 
 
151,000,000  
 
 
2016
 
 
116,000,000  
 
 
2017
 
 
122,000,000  
 
 
2018
 
 
110,000,000  
 
 
Thereafter
 
 
2,000,000,000  
 
 
Estimated Environmental Obligations on a Discounted Fair Value Basis
 
 
1,100,000,000  
 
 
Estimated Environmental Obligations on an Undiscounted and Unescalated Basis
2,100,000,000  
2,700,000,000  
2,600,000,000  
 
 
Recorded environmental obligations for most significant sites
 
 
1,000,000,000  
 
 
1: Represented accretion of the fair value of environmental obligations assumed in the 2007 acquisition of FMC, which were determined on a discounted cash flow basis.
2: Reductions primarily reflected revisions for changes in the anticipated scope and timing of environmental remediation projects and the noncash adjustments of environmental matters.