ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED LIABILITIES

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities, Current [Abstract]

Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED LIABILITIES

Additional information regarding accounts payable and accrued liabilities follows:

	December 31,
	2012		2011
Accounts payable	$	1,568	$	1,353
Salaries, wages and other compensation	287		257
Pension, postretirement, postemployment and other employee benefitsa	140		180
Deferred revenue	94		69
Other accrued taxes	92		92
Accrued interestb	35		69
Rio Tinto's share of joint venture cash flows	4		45
Other	104		129
Total accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	2,324	$	2,194

a. Refer to Note 8 for long-term portion and Note 10 for further discussion.

b. Third-party interest paid, net of capitalized interest, was $111 million in 2012, $225 million in 2011 and $365 million in 2010.