Restructuring and Other Charges (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Restructuring And Related Activities [Abstract]

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,
	2013		2012			2013		2012
Alumina	$	—	$	—		$	—	$	1
Primary Metals		150		3			244		9
Global Rolled Products		—		—			10		1
Engineered Products and Solutions		—		—			22		3
Segment total		150		3			276		14
Corporate		1		(1	)		126		13
Total restructuring and other charges	$	151	$	2		$	402	$	27

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, 2011	$	77		$	57		$	134
2012:
Cash payments		(44	)		(13	)		(57	)
Restructuring charges		47			13			60
Other*		(21	)		(5	)		(26	)
Reserve balances at December 31, 2012		59			52			111
2013:
Cash payments		(35	)		(8	)		(43	)
Restructuring charges		135			77			212
Other*		(87	)		(75	)		(162	)
Reserve balances at September 30, 2013	$	72		$	46		$	118

* Other includes reversals of previously recorded restructuring charges and the effects of foreign currency translation. In the 2013 nine-month period, Other for layoff costs also included a reclassification of $80 in pension costs, as this obligation is included in Alcoa’s separate liability for pension obligations. In the 2013 nine-month period, Other for other exit costs also included a reclassification of the following restructuring charges: $58 in asset retirement and $12 in environmental obligations, as these liabilities are included in Alcoa’s separate reserves for asset retirement obligations and environmental remediation (see Note F), respectively.