Restructuring and Other Charges (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2013

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:

	Second quarter ended June  30,				Six months ended June  30,
	2013		2012		2013		2012
Alumina	$	—	$	1	$	—	$	1
Primary Metals		94		1		94		6
Global Rolled Products		7		—		10		1
Engineered Products and Solutions		19		—		22		3
Segment total		120		2		126		11
Corporate		124		13		125		14
Total restructuring and other charges	$	244	$	15	$	251	$	25

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, 2011	$	77		$	57		$	134
2012:
Cash payments		(44	)		(13	)		(57	)
Restructuring charges		47			13			60
Other*		(21	)		(5	)		(26	)
Reserve balances at December 31, 2012		59			52			111
2013:
Cash payments		(19	)		(6	)		(25	)
Restructuring charges		27			71			98
Other*		(7	)		(69	)		(76	)
Reserve balances at June 30, 2013	$	60		$	48		$	108

* Other includes reversals of previously recorded restructuring charges and the effects of foreign currency translation. In the 2013 six-month period, Other for other exit costs also included a reclassification of the following restructuring charges: $54 in asset retirement and $12 in environmental obligations, as these liabilities are included in Alcoa’s separate reserves for asset retirement obligations and environmental remediation (see Note F), respectively.