Freeport-McMoRan Inc. Environmental and asset retirement obligations, less current portion increased by 1.5% to $5.54B in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 2.5%, from $5.40B to $5.54B. Over 5 years (FY 2020 to FY 2025), Environmental and asset retirement obligations, less current portion shows an upward trend with a 8.4% CAGR. This increase may warrant attention — for this metric, lower values are generally preferred.
An increase suggests higher future environmental liabilities or expanded operations requiring future reclamation.
This represents the estimated long-term costs associated with environmental remediation and the eventual decommissioning...
Common in extractive industries; peers report similar provisions based on site-specific closure plans.
other_environmental_and_asset_retirement_obligations_noncurrent| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | |
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| Value | $3.72B | $3.69B | $4.12B | $4.15B | $4.17B | $4.22B | $4.46B | $4.49B | $4.57B | $4.65B | $4.62B | $5.06B | $5.08B | $5.10B | $5.40B | $5.43B | $5.46B | $5.46B | $5.54B |
| QoQ Change | — | -0.9% | +11.6% | +0.7% | +0.6% | +1.3% | +5.7% | +0.7% | +1.6% | +1.7% | -0.5% | +9.4% | +0.5% | +0.4% | +5.9% | +0.4% | +0.6% | -0.1% | +1.5% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +12.1% | +14.5% | +8.4% | +8.4% | +9.5% | +10.0% | +3.6% | +12.6% | +11.3% | +9.9% | +16.9% | +7.3% | +7.5% | +6.9% | +2.5% |