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Restructuring and Other Charges (Tables)
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
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,		  
     2014      2013      2014      2013  

Alumina

    $ 1       $ —         $ 8       $ —     

Primary Metals

      193         150         608         244   

Global Rolled Products

      13         —           126         10   

Engineered Products and Solutions

      —           —           4         22   
  

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

Segment total

      207         150         746         276   

Corporate

      2         1         34         126   
  

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

Total restructuring and other charges

    $ 209       $ 151       $ 780       $ 402   
  

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

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, 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   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

  

2014:

       

Cash payments

      (136 )      (15 )      (151 ) 

Restructuring charges

      215        186        401   

Other*

      (40 )      (176 )      (216 ) 
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

  

Reserve balances at September 30, 2014

    $ 135      $ 37      $ 172   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

  

 

* Other includes reversals of previously recorded restructuring charges and the effects of foreign currency translation. In the 2014 nine-month period, Other for layoff costs also included a reclassification of $18 in pension costs, as this obligation was included in Alcoa’s separate liability for pension obligations. Additionally in the 2014 nine-month period, Other for other exit costs also included a reclassification of the following restructuring charges: $95 in asset retirement and $47 in environmental obligations, as these liabilities are included in Alcoa’s separate reserves for asset retirement obligations and environmental remediation (see Note H), respectively. 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. Additionally 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 and environmental remediation, respectively.