Restructuring and Other Charges (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Restructuring And Related Activities [Abstract]

Schedule of Restructuring and Other Charges

Restructuring and other charges for each year in the three-year period ended December 31, 2013 were comprised of the following:

	2013			2012			2011
Resolution of a legal matter (N)	$	391		$	85		$	-
Layoff costs		201			47			93
Asset impairments		116			40			150
Other		82			21			61
Reversals of previously recorded layoff and other exit costs		(8	)		(21	)		(23	)
Restructuring and other charges	$	782		$	172		$	281

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:

	2013		2012		2011
Alumina	$	11	$	3	$	39
Primary Metals		295		20		212
Global Rolled Products		15		43		19
Engineered Products and Solutions		27		13		(3	)
Segment total		348		79		267
Corporate		434		93		14
Total restructuring and other charges	$	782	$	172	$	281

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		(44	)		(13	)		(57	)
Restructuring charges		47			13			60
Other*		(21	)		(5	)		(26	)
Reserve balances at December 31, 2012		59			52			111
2013:
Cash payments		(63	)		(11	)		(74	)
Restructuring charges		201			85			286
Other*		(101	)		(84	)		(185	)
Reserve balances at December 31, 2013	$	96		$	42		$	138

* Other includes reversals of previously recorded restructuring charges and the effects of foreign currency translation. In 2013, Other for layoff costs also included a reclassification of $92 in pension costs, as this obligation was included in Alcoa’s separate liability for pension obligations (see Note W). Also in 2013, 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 were included in Alcoa’s separate reserves for asset retirement obligations (see Note C) and environmental remediation (see Note N), respectively. In 2011, Other for other exit costs also included a reclassification of the following restructuring charges: $18 in environmental and $17 in asset retirement obligations, as these liabilities were included in Alcoa’s separate reserves for environmental remediation and asset retirement obligations, respectively.