Restructuring and Other Charges (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

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:

	First quarter ended March 31,
	2016		2015
Alumina	$	5	$	7
Primary Metals		78		25
Global Rolled Products		2		135
Engineered Products and Solutions		8		3
Transportation and Construction Solutions		—		2
Segment total		93		172
Corporate		—		5
Total restructuring and other charges	$	93	$	177

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, 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
2016:
Cash payments		(67	)		(10	)		(77	)
Restructuring charges		19			26			45
Other*		(22	)		2			(20	)
Reserve balances at March 31, 2016	$	156		$	42		$	198

* Other includes reversals of previously recorded restructuring charges and the effects of foreign currency translation. In the 2016 three-month period, Other for exit costs also included a reclassification of $7 in asset retirement obligations, as this liability was included in Alcoa’s separate reserves for asset retirement obligations. In 2015, Other for layoff costs also included a reclassification of $35 in pension and/or other postretirement benefit costs, as these obligations were included in Alcoa’s separate liabilities for pension and other postretirement obligations. Additionally, in 2015, Other for exit costs also included a reclassification of $76 and $86 in asset retirement obligations and environmental obligations, respectively, as these liabilities were included in Alcoa’s separate reserves for asset retirement obligations and environmental remediation.