Restructuring and Other Charges (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

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, 2015 were comprised of the following:

	2015			2014			2013
Asset impairments	$	335		$	406		$	116
Layoff costs		299			259			201
Legal matters in Italy (N)		201			-			-
Net loss on divestitures of businesses (F)		161			332			-
Resolution of a legal matter (N)		-			-			391
Other		213			199			82
Reversals of previously recorded layoff and other exit costs		(14	)		(28	)		(8	)
Restructuring and other charges	$	1,195		$	1,168		$	782

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:

	2015		2014		2013
Alumina	$	233	$	287	$	11
Primary Metals		691		553		295
Global Rolled Products		131		266		15
Engineered Products and Solutions		49		13		12
Transportation and Construction Solutions		8		10		16
Segment total		1,112		1,129		349
Corporate		83		39		433
Total restructuring and other charges	$	1,195	$	1,168	$	782

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		(191	)		(22	)		(213	)
Restructuring charges		259			194			453
Other*		(66	)		(180	)		(246	)
Reserve balances at December 31, 2014		98			34			132
2015:
Cash payments		(111	)		(12	)		(123	)
Restructuring charges		299			233			532
Other*		(60	)		(231	)		(291	)
Reserve balances at December 31, 2015	$	226		$	24		$	250

* Other includes reversals of previously recorded restructuring charges and the effects of foreign currency translation. In 2015, 2014, and 2013, Other for layoff costs also included a reclassification of $35, $26, and $92, respectively, in pension and/or other postretirement benefits costs, as these obligations were included in Alcoa’s separate liability for pension and other postretirement benefits obligations (see Note W). Additionally in 2015, 2014, and 2013, Other for other exit costs also included a reclassification of the following restructuring charges: $76, $95, and $58, respectively, in asset retirement and $86, $47, and $12, respectively, 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).