Restructuring And Other Charges (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Schedule of Restructuring and other Charges by Reportable Segments, Pretax

The pretax impact of allocating such charges to segment results would have been as follows:

	Third quarter  ended September 30,						Nine months  ended September 30,
	2012			2011			2012		2011
Alumina	$	—		$	6		$	1	$	32
Primary Metals		3			(6	)		9		(4	)
Global Rolled Products		—			5			1		7
Engineered Products and Solutions		—			(2	)		3		1
Segment total		3			3			14		36
Corporate		(1	)		6			13		13
Total restructuring and other charges	$	2		$	9		$	27	$	49

Activity and Reserve Balances for Restructuring Charges

Activity and reserve balances for restructuring charges were as follows:

	Layoff costs			Other exit costs			Total
Reserve balances at December 31, 2010	$	53		$	63		$	116
2011:
Cash payments		(45	)		(9	)		(54	)
Restructuring charges		93			37			130
Other*		(24	)		(34	)		(58	)
Reserve balances at December 31, 2011		77			57			134
2012:
Cash payments		(31	)		(8	)		(39	)
Restructuring charges		20			2			22
Other*		(6	)		(1	)		(7	)
Reserve balances at September 30, 2012	$	60		$	50		$	110

* Other includes reversals of previously recorded restructuring charges and the effects of foreign currency translation.