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Financial Instruments and Commodity Contracts (Notional Amount (in kt)) (Details)
Mar. 31, 2015
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Mar. 31, 2014
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Aluminum Forward Purchase Contracts [Member] | Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] | Cash Flow Hedging [Member]    
Derivative [Line Items]    
Notional amount (in tons) 1,000invest_DerivativeNonmonetaryNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= nvl_AluminumForwardPurchaseContractsMember
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossByHedgingRelationshipAxis
= us-gaap_CashFlowHedgingMember
/ us-gaap_HedgingDesignationAxis
= us-gaap_DesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentMember
16,000invest_DerivativeNonmonetaryNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= nvl_AluminumForwardPurchaseContractsMember
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossByHedgingRelationshipAxis
= us-gaap_CashFlowHedgingMember
/ us-gaap_HedgingDesignationAxis
= us-gaap_DesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentMember
Aluminum Forward Purchase Contracts [Member] | Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] | Fair Value Hedging [Member]    
Derivative [Line Items]    
Notional amount (in tons) 2,000invest_DerivativeNonmonetaryNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= nvl_AluminumForwardPurchaseContractsMember
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossByHedgingRelationshipAxis
= us-gaap_FairValueHedgingMember
/ us-gaap_HedgingDesignationAxis
= us-gaap_DesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentMember
9,000invest_DerivativeNonmonetaryNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= nvl_AluminumForwardPurchaseContractsMember
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossByHedgingRelationshipAxis
= us-gaap_FairValueHedgingMember
/ us-gaap_HedgingDesignationAxis
= us-gaap_DesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentMember
Aluminum Forward Sales Contracts [Member] | Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] | Cash Flow Hedging [Member]    
Derivative [Line Items]    
Notional amount (in tons) (285,000)invest_DerivativeNonmonetaryNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= nvl_AluminumFowardSalesContractsMember
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossByHedgingRelationshipAxis
= us-gaap_CashFlowHedgingMember
/ us-gaap_HedgingDesignationAxis
= us-gaap_DesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentMember
(222,000)invest_DerivativeNonmonetaryNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= nvl_AluminumFowardSalesContractsMember
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossByHedgingRelationshipAxis
= us-gaap_CashFlowHedgingMember
/ us-gaap_HedgingDesignationAxis
= us-gaap_DesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentMember
Aluminium Contracts [Member]    
Derivative [Line Items]    
Notional amount (in tons) (318,000)invest_DerivativeNonmonetaryNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= nvl_AluminiumContractsMember
(302,000)invest_DerivativeNonmonetaryNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= nvl_AluminiumContractsMember
Aluminium Contracts [Member] | Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] | Fair Value Hedging [Member]    
Derivative [Line Items]    
Notional amount (in tons) 2,000invest_DerivativeNonmonetaryNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= nvl_AluminiumContractsMember
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossByHedgingRelationshipAxis
= us-gaap_FairValueHedgingMember
/ us-gaap_HedgingDesignationAxis
= us-gaap_DesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentMember
9,000invest_DerivativeNonmonetaryNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= nvl_AluminiumContractsMember
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossByHedgingRelationshipAxis
= us-gaap_FairValueHedgingMember
/ us-gaap_HedgingDesignationAxis
= us-gaap_DesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentMember
Aluminium Contracts [Member] | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]    
Derivative [Line Items]    
Notional amount (in tons) (36,000)invest_DerivativeNonmonetaryNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= nvl_AluminiumContractsMember
/ us-gaap_HedgingDesignationAxis
= us-gaap_NondesignatedMember
(105,000)invest_DerivativeNonmonetaryNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= nvl_AluminiumContractsMember
/ us-gaap_HedgingDesignationAxis
= us-gaap_NondesignatedMember